bunting
1a 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.
Origin of bunting
1Words Nearby bunting
Other definitions for bunting (2 of 3)
any of several small, chiefly seed-eating birds of the genera Emberiza, Passerina, and Plectrophenax.
Origin of bunting
2- Compare indigo bunting, reed bunting, snow bunting.
How to use bunting in a sentence
There were three stories’ worth of alcoves with red bunting and signs proclaiming each display’s country of origin, spread out over 92,000 square meters of gleaming glass enclosures—the Crystal Palace, as one satirical magazine dubbed it.
The metaverse is a new word for an old idea | Genevieve Bell | February 8, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewSongbirds like cardinals and buntings secure spots in dense foliage, while woodpeckers hang on to the downwind side of tree trunks or take cover inside cavities.
Even bunting has become harder for a pitcher in recent years.
MLB pitchers were already bad hitters. Modern velocity has made them even worse. | Neil Greenberg | April 22, 2021 | Washington PostAs the bunting populations began to drop, the government outlawed hunting them.
Around the world, birds are in crisis | Alison Pearce Stevens | December 3, 2020 | Science News For StudentsOne study of yellow-breasted buntings in China found that this once-abundant species is rapidly disappearing.
Around the world, birds are in crisis | Alison Pearce Stevens | December 3, 2020 | Science News For Students
She was even sweet to that smug ingrate Miss bunting after she kept insulting everyone at dinner.
‘Downton Abbey’ Review: A Fire, Some Sex, and Sad, Sad Edith | Kevin Fallon | January 5, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBlack and purple bunting went up over the doorway at the 84th Precinct stationhouse where Ramos and Liu had been assigned.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops | Michael Daly | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe big placard advertising the show was now trimmed with red-white-and-blue bunting: ANIMALS IN SPACE!
Or at least, we wouldn't celebrate it with two weeks of bunting.
Meet the Real Founding Fathers: The Shocking Truth About Washington, Madison, and Martin | Kevin Bleyer | August 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTShops are covered in Union Jacks, bunting has sold out, and everyone loves an excuse to bake patriotic cookies.
The Queen’s Jubilee Takes Some Explaining, so The Daily Beast Walks You Through It | Tom Sykes | May 31, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTEvery rag of bunting, from the tiny streamer of the fishing-boat to the great flag of ships of war, droops against the mast.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor HugoHe would let bunting travel light to the Rio Seco, and then load him for her as no burro ever was loaded to cross the border!
The Treasure Trail | Marah Ellis RyanBut Chappo waved him onward, for the wagon and the pack mules, and even little gray bunting had turned reluctant feet north.
The Treasure Trail | Marah Ellis RyanIt isn't just colors and bunting—The red and the blue and the white.
With the Colors | Everard Jack AppletonAs he walked along he noticed that the street was gay with bunting.
Tom Slade with the Colors | Percy K. Fitzhugh
British Dictionary definitions for bunting (1 of 3)
/ (ˈbʌntɪŋ) /
a coarse, loosely woven cotton fabric used for flags, etc
decorative flags, pennants, and streamers
flags collectively, esp those of a boat
Origin of bunting
1British Dictionary definitions for bunting (2 of 3)
/ (ˈbʌntɪŋ) /
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
Origin of bunting
2British Dictionary definitions for Bunting (3 of 3)
/ (ˈbʌntɪŋ) /
Basil . 1900–85, British poet, author of Briggflatts (1966)
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