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buntline

noun

buntline is spelled B-U-N-T-L-I-N-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, buntline means “A type of revolver with an exceptionally long barrel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of buntline is buntlines.

How many letters and syllables are in buntline?

Letters8: B-U-N-T-L-I-N-E
In writingabout once in every 40 million words; the 194,306th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is buntline?

Buntline appears about once in every 40 million words in written English, the 194,306th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Forms of buntline

  • buntlines plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does buntline mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A type of revolver with an exceptionally long barrel.

  2. 2

    Any, except the outermost, of the ropes extending down to the deck with which a square sail is rolled up to the yard.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does buntline come from?

From bunt + line.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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