bunting
(noun) any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America
bunting
(noun) a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Bunting
A surname.
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.
bunting (plural buntings)
Any of various songbirds, mostly of the genus Emberiza, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.
bunting (plural buntings)
A warm, hooded infant garment, as outerwear or sleepwear, similar to a sleeper or sleepsack; especially as baby bunting or bunting bag.
bunting
present participle of bunt
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.
Source: Wiktionary
Bun"ting, n. Etym: [Scot. buntlin, corn-buntlin, OE. bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidæ).
Note: Among European species are the common or corn bunting (Emberiza miliaria); the ortolan (E. hortulana); the cirl (E. cirlus); and the black-headed (Granitivora melanocephala). American species are the bay-winged or grass (Poöcætes or Pooecetes gramineus); the black- throated (Spiza Americana); the towhee bunting or chewink (Pipilo); the snow bunting (Plectrophanax nivalis); the rice bunting or bobolink, and others. See Ortolan, Chewick, Snow bunting, Lark bunting.
Bun"ting, Bun"tine, n. Etym: [Prov. E. bunting sifting flour, OE. bonten to sift, hence prob. the material used for that purpose.]
Definition: A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and ships' signals.
Bunt, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.
Bunt, n. Etym: [Cf. Sw. bunt bundle, Dan. bundt, G. bund, E. bundle.] (Naut.)
Definition: The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. Totten.
Bunt, v. i. (Naut.)
Definition: To swell out; as, the sail bunts.
Bunt, v. t. & i.
Definition: To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
1 May 2025
(adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; “economic growth”; “aspects of social, political, and economical life”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
