Plural of bunting; decorative flags and streamers, or a type of small songbird, or the act of hitting in baseball.
Bunting comes from Middle English, possibly from 'bunt' (to strike) with -ing suffix; the decorative flag meaning comes from bunting fabric being used for flags.
The word 'bunting' covers everything from decorative flags to a type of sparrow to a baseball technique—three completely unrelated meanings all hiding under one word because of how English absorbs and repurposes terms.
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