bach

name

Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Bạch. Doublet of Bai.

1. A surname from Vietnamese.

noun

1. Clipping of bachelorette.

   “When I ask people how spending money makes them feel, so many of them respond, "Guilty." ¶ They'll give an example of how a rough day at the office led to buying a pair of shoes online or how they got a little carried away at their friend's bach party in Vegas.”

   “Bachelorette party captions for Instagram […] Babes, baches, bikinis, and boats.”

verb

Etymology: Abbreviation of bachelor (or, in later senses, of bachelor pad).

1. To live as a bachelor; (chiefly of a man) to live without women, and do one's own cooking, housekeeping etc.

   “I hurried home to the tent—I was batching with a carpenter.”