Dictionary

bunting en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbʌntɪŋ/ (UK, US)

Etymology

Possibly from dialect bunting (“sifting flour”), from Middle English bonten (“to sift”), hence the material used for that purpose. Possibly from Germanic bundt (“to bind or tie together”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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.
3. (countable, uncountable) Flags considered as a group.

Forms

Deriveds

buntingless

Translations (28)

de Verzierung aus Flaggen- und Wimpelketten (strips of material hung as decoration) · is flaggdúkur (material from which flags are made) · fi lippunauha (strips of material hung as decoration) · ms gegantung (strips of material hung as decoration) · it festone (strips of material hung as decoration) · sv flaggspel (strips of material hung as decoration) · ms pepanji (strips of material hung as decoration) · de Fahnen- und Bannerdekoration (strips of material hung as decoration) · hu etamin (material from which flags are made) · fi viirinauha (strips of material hung as decoration) · af dundoek (material from which flags are made) · cs vlajkovina (material from which flags are made) · hu zászlófüzér (strips of material hung as decoration) · cs vlajkosláva (strips of material hung as decoration) · ota بیراقلق (material from which flags are made) · fi lippukangas (material from which flags are made) · it bandierine (flags as a group) · cs vlajková výzdoba (strips of material hung as decoration) · fr banderole (strips of material hung as decoration) · nl vlaggendoek (material from which flags are made) · nl vlaggenlijn (strips of material hung as decoration) · nl dundoek (material from which flags are made) · bg плат за знамена (material from which flags are made) · sv girlang (strips of material hung as decoration) · af vlagdoek (material from which flags are made) · de Flaggentuch (material from which flags are made) · ru флагду́к (material from which flags are made) · hu molton (material from which flags are made)

wikipedia: 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay

bunting en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbʌntɪŋ/ (UK, US)

Etymology

From Middle English bunting, bountyng, buntynge (also as Middle English buntyle), of uncertain origin. Possibly a reference to speckled plumage, from an unrecorded Middle English *bunt (“spotted, speckled, pied”) akin to Dutch bont, Middle Low German bunt, bont, German bunt (“multi-coloured”) + -ing.

Meanings

1. Any of various songbirds of the genus Emberiza, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.

Forms

Deriveds

pine bunting (Emberiza melanocephala · cirl bunting · indigo bunting · Pallas's bunting · rustic bunting · McKay's bunting · grey-headed bunting · lark bunting · yellow bunting · Lapland bunting · yellow-browed bunting · corn bunting · black-faced bunting · cinereous bunting · painted bunting · snow bunting · reed bunting · black-headed bunting · chestnut-eared bunting · LeConte's bunting · Cretzschmar's bunting · yellow-breasted bunting · rock bunting · Henslow's bunting · tawny bunting · little bunting · gray-necked bunting · ortolan bunting · grey-hooded bunting

Translations (29)

kw bras (bird) · fr bruant (bird) · gd gealag (bird) · es escribano (bird) · he גבתון (bird) · ast escribana (bird) · bg овесарка (bird) · lv stērste (bird) · hu sármány (bird) · bg жълта овесарка (bird) · ro presură (bird) · ru овся́нка (bird) · pt emberiza (bird) · vo berit (bird) · ca sit (bird) · lt starta (bird) · nl gors (bird) · cy bras (bird) · fi sirkku (bird) · ga gealóg (bird) · sq fugë (bird) · de Ammer (bird) · is tittlingur (bird) · it zigolo (bird) · nl gorsje (bird) · uk вівся́нка (bird) · cs strnad (bird) · pl trznadel (bird) · sq beng (bird)

bunting en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbʌntɪŋ/ (UK, US)

Etymology

1922, apparently from Scots buntin (“plump, short and thick (esp. of children)”), itself an old term of endearment for children (1660s); the sense “plump” dates to the 1500s, and may be related to bunt (“belly of a sail”). Possibly related to butt (“(both noun and verb sense: buttocks; strike with head)”) or to bunny (“rabbit”). Compare with the nursery rhyme Bye, baby Bunting (1731), either of same origin or influenced this sense.

Meanings

1. A warm, often hooded infant garment, as outerwear or sleepwear, similar to a sleeper or sleepsack; especially as baby bunting or bunting bag.

Forms

wikipedia: Bye, baby Bunting

bunting en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbʌntɪŋ/ (UK, US)

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A pushing action.
2. (countable, uncountable) A strong timber; a stout prop.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) An old boys' game, played with sticks and a small piece of wood.

Forms

bunting en · VERB · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbʌntɪŋ/ (UK, US)

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of bunt
   form of bunt