bundy

[ buhn-dee ]

noun

, Australian.

, plural bun·dies.

1. a time clock.

bundy

/ ˈbʌndɪ /

noun

1. a time clock
2. punch the bundy informal.
   1. to start work
   2. to be in regular employment

verb

1. intr; foll by on or off to arrive or depart from work, esp when it involves registering the time of arrival or departure on a card

Word History and Origins

Origin of bundy¹

1930–35; said to be after W. H. Bundy, an Australian manufacturer of time clocks

Word History and Origins

Origin of bundy¹

from a trademark

Example Sentences

A California Department of Motor Vehicles report said during a May 13 test, a Waymo on the eastbound 10 Freeway near the Bundy Drive overpass was involved in a moderate crash.

From Los Angeles Times

Ted Bundy was killing young women in the Pacific Northwest at the rate of roughly one per month, and John Wayne Gacy was killing young men and boys in Chicago.

From Slate

It sounds like a Bundy Family project, but in fact the feds are sitting on prime underused land in many cities, including office buildings, post offices, and Amtrak property.

From Slate

“It truly seems like a Ted Bundy type situation where you would never imagine such a thing being possible,” former colleague Brandon Sideleau says.

From BBC

Efforts seemed promising until January 2016, when the armed occupation of the nearby Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, led by far-right activist Ammon Bundy, made any type of environmental protection of the area too contentious an issue for politicians, according to Ryan Houston, executive director at the Oregon Natural Desert Association.

From Seattle Times