bundling

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bundle/ˈbʌndl/

▶noun

• 1 a collection of things or quantity of material tied or wrapped up together.

  ■ Anatomy a set of nerve, muscle, or other fibres running in parallel close together.

• 2 informal a large amount of money.

▶verb

• 1 tie or roll up in or as if in a bundle.

• 2 (usu. be bundled up) dress in many warm clothes.

• 3 informal push or carry forcibly.

  ■ (of a group) move in a disorganized way.

• 4 sleep fully clothed with another person, as a former local custom during courtship.

– phrases
a bundle of fun (or laughs) informal, often ironic something extremely amusing or pleasant.
drop one's bundle Austral./NZ informal go to pieces.
go a bundle on [usu. with neg.] Brit. informal be very keen on.

– derivatives
bundler noun.

– origin ME: perh. orig. from OE byndelle ‘a binding’, reinforced by Low Ger. and Du. bundel.