Definition of bunting Bunting

/bʌˈntɪŋ/ - [bunting] - bunt•ing

We found 14 definitions of bunting from 6 different sources.

What does bunting mean?

Noun Plural: buntings
bunting - any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America
		finch any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds
		indigo bird, indigo bunting, indigo finch, passerina cyanea small deep blue North American bunting
		emberiza hortulana, ortolan, ortolan bunting brownish Old World bunting often eaten as a delicacy
		emberiza schoeniclus, reed bunting European bunting inhabiting marshy areas
		emberiza citrinella, yellow bunting, yellowhammer European bunting the male being bright yellow
		emberiza aureola, yellow-breasted bunting common in Russia and Siberia
bunting - a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.

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bunting (Noun)
Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.
bunting (Noun)
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.
bunting (Noun)
Flags considered as a group.
bunting (Noun)
Any of various songbirds, mostly of the genus Emberiza, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.
bunting (Verb)
Present participle of bunt.

bunting (n.)
A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidae).
bunting (n.)
Alt. of Buntine

bunting
bunt′ing, n. a thin worsted stuff of which ships' colours are made. [Ety. dub.]
bunting
bunt′ing, n. a genus of birds in the Finch family nearly allied to the crossbills

bunting
A name on our southern shores for the shrimp.
bunting
A thin woollen stuff, of which the ship's colours, flags, and signals are usually made.