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==Etymology==
− It is Middle English bunsen, to beat, thump, of uncertain origin,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) perhaps from Dutch bonzen, to thump, or Low German bunsen, or of imitative origin;^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998) its sense has probably been influenced by [[bound]], to leap.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)
+ It is Middle English bunsen, to beat, thump, of uncertain origin,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) perhaps from [[nl|bonzen]], to thump, or [[nds|bunsen]], or of imitative origin;^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998) its sense has probably been influenced by [[bound]], to leap.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)
==Earliest recorded meaning==