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buntling

buntling is the obsolete form of bunting.

Meaning of bunting

Noun (1)

bunting (countable and uncountable, plural buntings)

  1. Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.
  2. 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.

Noun (2)

bunting (plural buntings)

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

Noun (3)

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.

Noun (4)

bunting (countable and uncountable, plural buntings)

  1. A pushing action.

See all 9 meanings of bunting

Forms of buntling

pluralbuntlings

Questions about buntling

What is buntling the obsolete form of?
Buntling is the obsolete form of bunting.

Words near buntling in the dictionary

  1. Buntins
  2. buntline
  3. buntline hitch
  4. buntline hitches
  5. buntlines
  6. buntling
  7. buntlings
  8. bunton
  9. Buntongun
  10. buntons
  11. bunts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: buntling (page history and authors); bunting (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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