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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bun•ting1 /ˈbʌntɪŋ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- patriotic and brightly colored decorations made from cloth or paper, usually in the form of draperies, wide streamers, etc.
bun•ting2 /ˈbʌntɪŋ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Birdsa small, chiefly seed-eating songbird.
bun•ting3 /ˈbʌntɪŋ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Clothinga hooded sleeping garment for infants.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bun•ting1 (bun′ting),USA pronunciation n. - Textilesa 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, esp. a vessel's flags, collectively.
- perh. origin, originally "sifting cloth,'' hence bunt to sift (Middle English bonten) + -ing1 1735–45
- Birdsany of several small, chiefly seed-eating birds of the genera Emberiza, Passerina, and Plectrophenax. Cf. indigo bunting, reed bunting, snow bunting.
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- Middle English 1250–1300
- Clothinga hooded sleeping garment for infants. Also called sleeper.
- special use of bunting1 1920–25
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bunting /ˈbʌntɪŋ/ n - a coarse, loosely woven cotton fabric used for flags, etc
- decorative flags, pennants, and streamers
Etymology: 18th Century: of unknown origin bunting /ˈbʌntɪŋ/ n - 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
Etymology: 13th Century: of unknown origin bunt1 /bʌnt/USA pronunciation v. - Sportto tap (a pitched baseball) a short distance from home plate: [no object]He bunted at the first pitch.[~ + object]He managed to bunt the fastball.
n. [countable] - Sport
- the act of bunting a baseball:a perfect bunt.
- a bunted baseball:His bunt rolled a bit.
bunt•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bunt1 (bunt),USA pronunciation v.t. - (of a goat or calf ) to push with the horns or head;
butt. - Sport[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.
v.i. - to push (something) with the horns or head.
- Sport[Baseball.]to bunt a ball.
n. - Animal Behaviora push with the head or horns;
butt. - Sport[Baseball.]
- the act of bunting.
- a bunted ball.
- 1760–70; origin, originally Brit. dialect, dialectal (Central and south, southern England): push, strike; of obscure origin, originally
- Nautical, Naval Termsthe middle part of a square sail.
- Nautical, Naval Termsthe bagging part of a fishing net or bagging middle area of various cloth objects.
- origin, originally uncertain 1575–85
- Plant Diseasesa smut disease of wheat in which the kernels are replaced by the black, foul-smelling spores of fungi of the genus Tilletia. Also called stinking smut.
- 1595–1605; earlier, puffball; of uncertain origin, originally
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Bunting /ˈbʌntɪŋ/ n - Basil. 1900–85, British poet, author of Briggflatts (1966)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bunt /bʌnt/ vb - (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 Canadian (in baseball) to hit (a pitched ball) very gently
n - the act or an instance of bunting
Etymology: 19th Century: perhaps nasalized variant of butt³ bunt /bʌnt/ n - the baggy centre of a fishing net or other piece of fabric, such as a square sail
Etymology: 16th Century: perhaps from Middle Low German bunt bundle bunt /bʌnt/ n - a disease of cereal plants caused by smut fungi (genus Tilletia)
Etymology: 17th Century: of unknown origin |