Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to faunch
Participle: faunched
Gerund: faunching
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | faunch |
| you | faunch |
| he;she;it | faunches |
| we | faunch |
| you | faunch |
| they | faunch |
Perfect
| I | have faunched |
| you | have faunched |
| he;she;it | has faunched |
| we | have faunched |
| you | have faunched |
| they | have faunched |
Past
| I | faunched |
| you | faunched |
| he;she;it | faunched |
| we | faunched |
| you | faunched |
| they | faunched |
Pluperfect
| I | had faunched |
| you | had faunched |
| he;she;it | had faunched |
| we | had faunched |
| you | had faunched |
| they | had faunched |
Future
| I | will faunch |
| you | will faunch |
| he;she;it | will faunch |
| we | will faunch |
| you | will faunch |
| they | will faunch |
Future Perfect
| I | will have faunched |
| you | will have faunched |
| he;she;it | will have faunched |
| we | will have faunched |
| you | will have faunched |
| they | will have faunched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | faunch |
| you | faunch |
| he;she;it | faunch |
| we | faunch |
| you | faunch |
| they | faunch |
Perfect
| I | have faunched |
| you | have faunched |
| he;she;it | have faunched |
| we | have faunched |
| you | have faunched |
| they | have faunched |
Imperfect
| I | faunched |
| you | faunched |
| he;she;it | faunched |
| we | faunched |
| you | faunched |
| they | faunched |
Pluperfect
| I | had faunched |
| you | had faunched |
| he;she;it | had faunched |
| we | had faunched |
| you | had faunched |
| they | had faunched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would faunch |
| you | would faunch |
| he;she;it | would faunch |
| we | would faunch |
| you | would faunch |
| they | would faunch |
Perfect
| I | would have faunched |
| you | would have faunched |
| he;she;it | would have faunched |
| we | would have faunched |
| you | would have faunched |
| they | would have faunched |
Imperative
| you | faunch |
| we | Let's faunch |
| you | faunch |
Verbs conjugated like 'faunch'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'faunch'
fauch,
fawnch,
flaunch,
gaunch,
haunch,
launch,
maunch,
paunch,
raunch,
brunch,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Uncertain. Used in Midland American English and Western American English. Entered the fanspeak body of slang after writer Noel Loomis used it in a review in Pro-Phile.
Sample Sentences
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Instead of the fine faunching black mare he usually rode he was on a light grey today, a little slower if it came to a run from the Indians or a buffalo stampede, but much less conspicuous against the snow. [1954, Mari Sandoz, The Buffalo Hunters, published 2008, →ISBN, page 6:]
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Ecstatic, they faunched and gamboled and I could hardly get them in the traces. [1986, Jerry Bumpus, Heroes and Villains, →ISBN, The Outdoorsman, page 59:]
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But on the evening before election, a staunch Democrat who had been on one of our telephone jobs came to my door — just faunching and spluttering. [1931, Anne Ellis, Plain Anne Ellis, published 1997, →ISBN, page 151:]
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You won't make nothing the day I die. I'll go out fighting and faunching. [1943, John B. Sanford, The People from Heaven, published 1995, →ISBN, page 5:]
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Right Wingers can rant, stomp, faunch, condemn and mislead all day long and pack the laws with well archestrated^([sic]) bigotry and bias from here til doomsday. [1998 September 9, Charley L. Walker, Jr., “Don't be misled...”, in austin.general (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:]
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Rather than have me fidget and faunch while waiting in line (I'd neglected to bring a book) my wife sent me off to the music store with her blessing, with the promise to send our daughter Celia to fetch me when we finally got our table an hour later. [1998 June 2, Wade Hampton Miller, “There's a nice archtop for sale at Downtown Disney”, in rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic (Usenet), message-ID <[email protected]>:]
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Licking his fingers, Pat buckled on his white helmet and went to work. Wilkinson's relieving elevens were always faunching to go into action anyhow. [2003, Harold Keith, Forty-Seven Straight, →ISBN, page 166:]
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He is a young fellow, not long out of adolescence, who faunches to set the world on fire but isn't sure how to go about it. [1959, Richard "Dick" Harris Eney, Fancyclopedia II, Joe Fann/Jophan:]
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I've long faunched for these, and they turned out to be better constructed than I expected, and even included a padded carry bag. [1996 January, Eric Lindsay, Gegenschein, number 73, Winter Convention Trip in the USA, June 1994:]
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One thing you will learn *very* quickly is that, while you can do a very broad range of photography indeed with cheap equipment, there is *always* some very expensive toy you faunch over that will let you do something a little bit better. [2003 May 9, David Dyer-Bennet, “Re: Should I upgrade my camera?”, in rec.photo.digital (Usenet), message-ID :]