bundle

noun

/ˈbʌndl/

Idioms

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[countable] a number of things tied or wrapped together; something that is wrapped up
- a bundle of rags/papers/firewood
- She held her little bundle (= her baby) tightly in her arms.
Extra Examples
- She was carrying a large bundle of clothes.
- The papers are in a bundle on my desk.
- a bundle of newspapers
- I dropped the bundle of papers on his desk.
- The hut was empty except for a bundle of firewood in one corner.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- large
- thick
- …
verb + bundle
- carry
- hold
- tie something (up) in
- …
preposition
- in a/the bundle
- bundle of
See full entry
[countable] a number of things that belong, or are sold together
- a bundle of ideas
- a bundle of graphics packages for your PC
Topics Computersc2
[singular] a bundle of laughs, fun, etc. (informal) a person or thing that makes you laugh
- He wasn't exactly a bundle of laughs (= a happy person to be with) last night.
see also bundle of joy
a bundle
[singular] (informal) a large amount of money
- That car must have cost a bundle.

Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps originally from Old English byndelle ‘a binding’, reinforced by Low German and Dutch bundel (to which byndelle is related).

Idioms

be a bag/bundle of nerves

(informal) to be very nervous
- By the time of the interview, I was a bundle of nerves.
Topics Feelingsc2

drop your bundle

(Australian English, New Zealand English, informal) to suddenly not be able to think clearly; to act in a stupid way because you have lost control over yourself

not go a bundle on somebody/something

(British English, informal) to not like somebody/something very much

bundle

verb

/ˈbʌndl/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they bundle	/ˈbʌndl/ /ˈbʌndl/
he / she / it bundles	/ˈbʌndlz/ /ˈbʌndlz/
past simple bundled	/ˈbʌndld/ /ˈbʌndld/
past participle bundled	/ˈbʌndld/ /ˈbʌndld/
-ing form bundling	/ˈbʌndlɪŋ/ /ˈbʌndlɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

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[transitive] bundle somebody + adv./prep. to push or send somebody somewhere quickly and not carefully
- They bundled her into the back of a car.
- He was bundled off to boarding school.
Extra Examples
- Bodyguards quickly bundled the President into the car.
- The security men bundled me down the stairs and out of the door.
- They bundled her off on the next train.
[intransitive] + adv./prep. to move somewhere quickly in a group
- We bundled out onto the street.
[transitive] bundle something (with something) to supply extra equipment, especially software when selling a new computer, at no extra cost
- A further nine applications are bundled with the system.
Topics Computersc2

Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps originally from Old English byndelle ‘a binding’, reinforced by Low German and Dutch bundel (to which byndelle is related).