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Definitions for Bunting

[1] a coarse, open fabric of worsted or cotton for flags, signals, etc.
[2] 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.
[3] flags, especially a vessel's flags, collectively.
[4] any of several small, chiefly seed-eating birds of the genera Emberiza, Passerina, and Plectrophenax.
[5] a hooded sleeping garment for infants.
[6] (of a goat or calf) to push with the horns or head; butt.
[7] 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.
[8] to push (something) with the horns or head.
[9] Baseball . to bunt a ball.
[10] a push with the head or horns; butt.
[11] Baseball . the act of bunting. a bunted ball.
[12] a coarse, loosely woven cotton fabric used for flags, etc
[13] decorative flags, pennants, and streamers
[14] flags collectively, esp those of a boat
[15] 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
[16] Basil . 1900–85, British poet, author of Briggflatts (1966)
[17] (of an animal) to butt (something) with the head or horns
[18] to cause (an aircraft) to fly in part of an inverted loop or (of an aircraft) to fly in such a loop
[19] US and Canadian (in baseball) to hit (a pitched ball) very gently
[20] the act or an instance of bunting
[21] nautical the baggy centre of a fishing net or other piece of fabric, such as a square sail
[22] a disease of cereal plants caused by smut fungi (genus Tilletia )

Words related to Bunting

sacrifice, toss, meet, throw, butt

Words nearby Bunting

bunsen burner, bunsen's solubility coefficient, bunt, bunt order, buntal, bunting, buntline, bunton, bunya, bunya-bunya, bunyan

Origin of Bunting

11760–70; orig. British dial. (Central and S England): push, strike; of obscure origin

Other words from Bunting

bunt·er , noun

Word origin for Bunting

C17: of unknown origin

Synonyms for Bunting

butt, meet, sacrifice, throw, toss, lay it down