From Middle English bunche (“hump, swelling”), variant of *bunge
(compare dialectal English bung (“heap, grape bunch”)), from
Proto-Germanic *bunkōn, *bunkan, *bungōn (“heap, crowd”)
(compare West Frisian bonke (“bone, lump, bump”), German Bunge
(“tuber”), Danish bunke (“heap, pile”)), from Proto-Indo-
European *bʰenǵʰ-, *bʰéng̑ʰus (“thick, dense, fat”) (compare
Hittite panku (“total, entire”), Tocharian B pkante (“volume,
fatness”), Lithuanian búožė (“knob”), Ancient Greek παχύς
(pachýs, “thick”), Sanskrit बहु (bahú, “thick; much”)). bunch
(plural bunches) - A group of a number of similar things, either
growing together, or in a cluster or clump, usually fastened
together. - a bunch of grapes; a bunch of yobs on a street
corner - a bunch of keys - a bunch of bananas - (cycling) The
peloton; the main group of riders formed during a race. - An
informal body of friends. - He still hangs out with the same
bunch. - (informal) A considerable amount. - a bunch of trouble
- (informal) An unmentioned amount; a number.