bunting
English
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Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ʌntɪŋ
Etymology 1
Possibly from dialect bunting (“sifting flour”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English bonten (“to sift”), hence the material used for that purpose. Possibly from Germanic bundt (“to bind or tie together”).
Noun
bunting (countable and uncountable, plural buntings)
- Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.
- (nautical) A thin cloth of woven wool from which flags are made; it is light enough to spread in a gentle wind but resistant to fraying in a strong wind.
- Flags considered as a group.
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Etymology 2
From Middle English bunting, bountyng, buntynge (also as Middle English buntyle), of uncertain origin. Possibly a reference to speckled plumage, from an unrecorded Middle English *bunt (“spotted, speckled, pied”) akin to Dutch bont, Middle Low German bunt, bont, German bunt (“multi-coloured”) + -ing (diminutive suffix).[1]
Noun
bunting (plural buntings)
- Any of various songbirds, mostly of the genus Emberiza, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.
Derived terms
- black-headed bunting(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- indigo bunting (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- painted bunting (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. or Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- reed bunting (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template.)
- snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
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Etymology 3
Verb
bunting
Noun
bunting (countable and uncountable, plural buntings)
- A pushing action.
- A strong timber; a stout prop.
- (obsolete) An old boys' game, played with sticks and a small piece of wood.
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bunting”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- English 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/ʌntɪŋ
- English terms derived from Middle English
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- English nouns
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- English countable nouns
- en:Nautical
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