bunting
Meaning of bunting
- an Old World seed-eating songbird related to the finches, typically having brown streaked plumage and a boldly marked head.
- a small New World songbird of the cardinal subfamily, the male of which is mainly or partly bright blue in colour.
Middle English: of unknown origin.
noun
flags and other colourful festive decorations.
early 18th century: of unknown origin.
noun
a hooded sleeping bag for babies.
1920s: origin uncertain; perhaps from bunting2.
verb, gerund or present participle- (of a batter) gently tap (a pitched ball) without swinging in an attempt to make it more difficult to field.
he tried to bunt the ball down the first baseline
Phil bunted and got to first
- push or butt.
Gary bunted her with his head
mid 18th century: probably related to the noun butt1 (the original sense).
Information about bunting
- The plural form of bunting is: buntings.
- Languages in which bunting is used:
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Hyphenation of bunting
bunting
- It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
- bunting is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
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