bunting
1[ buhn-ting ]
/ ˈbʌn tɪŋ /
noun
a coarse, open fabric of worsted or cotton for flags, signals, etc.
patriotic and festive decorations made from such cloth, or from paper, usually in the form of draperies, wide streamers, etc., in the colors of the national flag.
flags, especially a vessel's flags, collectively.
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Origin of bunting
1Words nearby bunting
bunsen burner, bunsen's solubility coefficient, bunt, bunt order, buntal, bunting, buntline, bunton, bunya, bunya-bunya, bunyan
Definition for bunting (2 of 4)
bunting2
[ buhn-ting ]
/ ˈbʌn tɪŋ /
noun
any of several small, chiefly seed-eating birds of the genera Emberiza, Passerina, and Plectrophenax.
Origin of bunting
21250–1300; Middle English < ?
Definition for bunting (3 of 4)
bunting3
[ buhn-ting ]
/ ˈbʌn tɪŋ /
noun
a hooded sleeping garment for infants.
Also called sleeper.
Origin of bunting
3First recorded in 1920–25; special use of bunting1
Definition for bunting (4 of 4)
bunt1
[ buhnt ]
/ bʌnt /
verb (used with object)
(of a goat or calf) to push with the horns or head; butt.
Baseball. to bat (a pitched ball) very gently so that it rolls into the infield close to home plate, usually by holding the bat loosely in hands spread apart and allowing the ball to bounce off it.
verb (used without object)
to push (something) with the horns or head.
Baseball. to bunt a ball.
noun
a push with the head or horns; butt.
Baseball.
- the act of bunting.
- a bunted ball.
Origin of bunt
11760–70; orig. British dial. (Central and S England): push, strike; of obscure origin
OTHER WORDS FROM bunt
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British Dictionary definitions for bunting (1 of 6)
bunting1
/ (ˈbʌntɪŋ) /
noun
a coarse, loosely woven cotton fabric used for flags, etc
decorative flags, pennants, and streamers
flags collectively, esp those of a boat
Word Origin for bunting
C18: of unknown origin
British Dictionary definitions for bunting (2 of 6)
bunting2
/ (ˈbʌntɪŋ) /
noun
any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of the families Fringillidae (finches, etc) or Emberizidae, esp those of the genera Emberiza of the Old World and Passerina of North America. They all have short stout bills
Word Origin for bunting
C13: of unknown origin
British Dictionary definitions for bunting (3 of 6)
Bunting
/ (ˈbʌntɪŋ) /
noun
Basil . 1900–85, British poet, author of Briggflatts (1966)
British Dictionary definitions for bunting (4 of 6)
bunt1
/ (bʌnt) /
verb
(of an animal) to butt (something) with the head or horns
to cause (an aircraft) to fly in part of an inverted loop or (of an aircraft) to fly in such a loop
US and Canadian (in baseball) to hit (a pitched ball) very gently
noun
the act or an instance of bunting
Word Origin for bunt
C19: perhaps nasalized variant of butt ³
British Dictionary definitions for bunting (5 of 6)
bunt2
/ (bʌnt) /
noun
nautical the baggy centre of a fishing net or other piece of fabric, such as a square sail
Word Origin for bunt
C16: perhaps from Middle Low German bunt bundle
British Dictionary definitions for bunting (6 of 6)
bunt3
/ (bʌnt) /
noun
a disease of cereal plants caused by smut fungi (genus Tilletia)
Word Origin for bunt
C17: of unknown origin
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