bundle Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a collection of things wrapped or boxed together
parcel; packet; package.
noun a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing
sheaf.
noun a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit)
big bucks; megabucks; pile; big money.
- she made a bundle selling real estate
- they sank megabucks into their new house
verb make into a bundle
bundle up; roll up.
- he bundled up his few possessions
verb gather or cause to gather into a cluster
cluster; bunch up; clump; bunch.
- She bunched her fingers into a fist
verb compress into a wad
compact; wad; pack.
- wad paper into the box
verb sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed
practice bundling.

OE. bundel, AS. byndel; akin to D. bondel, bundel, G. bündel, dim. of bund bundle, fr. the root of E. bind. See Bind.

A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; as, a bundle of straw or of paper; a bundle of old clothes.
The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend. Goldsmith.

imperfect & past participle Bundled ; present participle & verbal noun Bundling

To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.
To send off abruptly or without ceremony.
They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach. T. Hook.

To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony.
To sleep on the same bed without undressing; -- applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping. Bartlett.
Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and bundle with the Yankee lasses. W. Irving.