Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
BUN
bun, roll
(noun) small rounded bread either plain or sweet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
bun (plural buns)
A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced.
A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head.
Synonym: French roll
(Northern England, Ireland) A cupcake.
(slang, British) A drunken spree.
(Internet, slang) A newbie.
(informal, mostly, in the plural) A buttock.
(informal) vagina
Synonyms
• cake
Etymology 2
Noun
bun (plural buns)
(dialect, archaic) A rabbit or sometimes a squirrel.
Etymology 3
Verb
bun (third-person singular simple present buns, present participle bunning, simple past and past participle bunned)
(Caribbean and Multicultural London English, slang) To smoke cannabis.
(Multicultural London English, African-American Vernacular, slang) To shoot.
Noun
bun (plural buns)
(Caribbean and Multicultural London English, slang) marijuana cigarette, joint
Etymology 4
Noun
bun (plural buns or bun)
(Korean units of measure) A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.
Anagrams
• nub
Noun
BUN (uncountable)
Initialism of blood, urea, nitrogen.
Anagrams
• nub
Proper noun
Bun (plural Buns)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bun is the 18793rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1458 individuals. Bun is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (89.92%) individuals.
Anagrams
• nub
Source: Wiktionary
Bun, Bunn, n. Etym: [Scot. bun, bunn, OE. bunne, bonne; fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. bunna, Gael. bonnach, or OF. bugne tumor, Prov. F. bugne a kind of pancake; akin to OHG. bungo bulb, MHG. bunge, Prov. E. bung heap, cluster, bunny a small swelling.]
Definition: A slightly sweetened raised cake or bisquit with a glazing of sugar and milk on the top crust.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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