bunting
Plural: buntings
Noun
- A lightweight fabric used for flags and decorations; also, small birds.
- a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.
- any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America
- Strips of material used as festive decoration, especially in the colours of the national flag.
- 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.
- Flags considered as a group.
- Any of various songbirds of the genus Emberiza, having short bills and brown or gray plumage.
- A warm, often hooded infant garment, as outerwear or sleepwear, similar to a sleeper or sleepsack; especially as baby bunting or bunting bag.
- A pushing action.
- A strong timber; a stout prop.
- An old boys' game, played with sticks and a small piece of wood.
Verb
- hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
- to strike, thrust or shove against
- present participle and gerund of bunt
Examples
- He used BUNTING to score just enough points to win the Scrabble game.
Origin / 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”).
Scrabble Score: 10
bunting: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbunting: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bunting: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
bunting: valid Words With Friends Word