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noun
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a light midday meal between breakfast and dinner; luncheon.
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any light meal or snack.
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a restaurant or lunchroom: Let's eat at the dairy lunch.
verb (used without object)
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to eat lunch: We lunched quite late today.
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Out to lunch
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
verb (used with object)
Idiom5.
to provide lunch for: They lunched us in regal fashion.
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out to lunch, Slang. not paying attention or tending to business; negligent: You must have been out to lunch when you wrote that weird report.
Related forms
lunch·er, noun
lunch·less, adjective
pre·lunch, adjective, noun
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
lunch
modern sense of "mid-day repast" is 1829, shortened form of luncheon. The verb meaning "to take to lunch" is attested from 1823.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases
out to lunch
Not in touch with the real world, crazy; also, inattentive. For example, If he believes that story, he's really out to lunch, or Anne hasn't heard a word you said
she's out to lunch. This expression transfers a temporary physical absence for the purpose of eating to a temporary or permanent mental absence. [Slang; mid-1900s]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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