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bunting

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Etymology 1

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Bunting on display for day 3 of the 2012 Olympic torch relay, in Devon, UK
 
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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”).

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bunting (countable and uncountable, plural buntings)

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

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A black-headed bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)
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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.[1]

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bunting (plural buntings)

  2. Any of various songbirds, mostly of the genus Emberiza, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.
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Etymology 3

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A baby bunting

1922,[2] apparently from Scots buntin (“plump, short and thick (esp. of children)”),[3][4] itself an old term of endearment for children (1660s); the sense “plump” dates to the 1500s,[3] and may be related to bunt (“belly of a sail”). Possibly related to butt (“(both noun and verb sense: buttocks; strike with head)”)[3] or to bunny (“rabbit”). Compare with the nursery rhyme Bye, baby Bunting (1731), either of same origin or influenced this sense.[5]

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bunting (plural buntings)

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

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Verb

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bunting

  1. present participle and gerund of bunt

Noun

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bunting (countable and uncountable, plural buntings)

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

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “bunting”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ “bunting”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Patricia T. O’Conner, Stewart Kellerman (2010 April 13) “Bye, baby bunting”, in Grammarphobia
  4. ^ See John Jamieson, An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language (1808-25): buntin “short and thick; as a buntin brat, a plump child.”
  5. ^ Merriam-Webster’s New International Dictionary (unabridged 2nd edition)

Indonesian

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Inherited from Malay bunting. Compare Tagalog buntis.

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bunting

  1. (somewhat vulgar, usually of animals only) to be pregnant, to get pregnant
    Synonyms: hamil, mengandung

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