Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buns

/bʌnz/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.39 in modern English

Syllables: buns
IPA: /bʌnz/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

Canadian usage; American usage

adj

Of low quality; bad.

Slang

name

Example Sentences

"Here I am freezing my buns off at 9 in the morning, about to jump into ice water and drown."
"host (Beck Bennett): Why do you not want a smaller treehouse? boy: Because it wouldnt be able to fit a flat-screen TV and then the TV would be about this big and you would have to hold the wire and the position you would hold the wire you wouldn't be able to see the TV. host: That's a pain in the buns."

Usage

Phrases

space buns work one's buns off

Synonyms

buttocks nates arse butt backside bum can fundament hindquarters hind end keister posterior

Rhymes With

ones runs guns sons tons one's tonnes suns nuns puns reruns stuns

Questions

How do you pronounce buns?: The recorded pronunciation is /bʌnz/.
What does buns mean?: plural of bun

How to pronounce buns

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