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bunting
1[ buhn-ting ]
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.
bunting
2[ buhn-ting ]
noun
- any of several small, chiefly seed-eating birds of the genera Emberiza, Passerina, and Plectrophenax.
bunting
3[ buhn-ting ]
noun
- a hooded sleeping garment for infants.
Bunting
1/ ˈʌԳɪŋ /
noun
- BuntingBasil19001985MBritishWRITING: poet Basil . 1900–85, British poet, author of Briggflatts (1966)
bunting
2/ ˈʌԳɪŋ /
noun
- a coarse, loosely woven cotton fabric used for flags, etc
- decorative flags, pennants, and streamers
- flags collectively, esp those of a boat
bunting
3/ ˈʌԳɪŋ /
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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bunting1
First recorded in 1735–45; origin uncertain; perhaps originally “cloth for sifting,” hence the verb bunt “to sift,” from Middle English bonten + -ing 1
Origin of bunting2
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English bunting, bounting, buntyle; further origin unknown
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bunting1
C18: of unknown origin
Origin of bunting2
C13: of unknown origin
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Recycled fabrics will be used to make the bunting.
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He will have had the bunting out, and the champagne too, and deservedly so.
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In the field, the Yankees also could try to stress Freeman in a way the Padres and New York Mets didn’t, by bunting to him and forcing him to be more involved defensively.
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"There's no flags to be got, there's no bunting anywhere you're going to look for merchandise is sold out so that tells it's own story."
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That means bunting when the situation calls for it.
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