1. The act of binding something into a bundle
   "The farmer's bundling of the hay made it easier to transport"
    
2. A onetime custom during courtship of unmarried couples occupying the same bed without undressing
   "Bundling allowed couples to become intimate while maintaining propriety"; "The practice of bundling was common in some rural communities in the 18th century"
    
3. The act of shoving hastily
   "she complained about bundling the children off to school"

1. Make into a bundle
   "he bundled up his few possessions";
   - bundle up, roll up
    
2. Gather or cause to gather into a cluster
   "She bundled her fingers into a fist";
   - bunch, cluster, clump
    
3. Compress into a wad
   "bundle paper into the box";
   - pack, wad, compact
    
4. Push, move, or send someone or something hurriedly and forcefully
   "They bundled the protesters into police vans"
    
5. Sell different items together as a single product
   "The company decided to bundle its software with new computers";
   - package
    
6. [archaic] Sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed
   "In some cultures, couples would bundle before marriage"

Derived forms: bundlings

Type of: arrange, boxing, catch some Z's [N. Amer, informal], courting, courtship, form, pack, packing, set up, shove, sleep, slumber, suit, wooing

Encyclopedia: Bundling