bunting
buhn ting
- n a loosely woven fabric used for flags, etc.
- n any of numerous seed-eating songbirds of Europe or North America
- v hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
- v to strike, thrust or shove against
- As a result, the cool, composed Pat Nixon of endless bunting-draped platforms obliterated the warm Pat Nixon who put the shy at ease and never forgot a birthday.
- Where Berlin had been festooned with swastikas and totalitarian red, Munich would feature a one-worldish logo and pastel bunting.
- There were no crowds, no cheers, no bunting in Nanking.