bant

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verb

To regulate what one eats according to the precepts of William Banting; to go on a diet.

First used 19th c.Scrabble 6
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Meanings

bant1

verbbant (third-person singular simple present bants, present participle banting, simple past and past participle banted)

present singular third person bants · participle present banting · participle past banted · past banted

  1. archaiccolloquialTo regulate what one eats according to the precepts of William Banting; to go on a diet.First known use 19th c.

    ‘I have certainly never banted for the sake of a woman,’ I said jokingly.

    1969, Graham Greene, chapter 7, in Travels with my Aunt
    2 more examples

    If he is […] gouty, obese, and nervous, we strongly recommend him to ‘bant.’

    1865 June 12, Pall Mall Gazette

    ‘I'm so sorry,’ she cried, jumping up. ‘I shall have to bant if I can't break myself of this habit of sitting on gentlemen's knees.’

    1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 70, in Of Human Bondage

bant2

nounbant (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationclippingslanguncountableClipping of banter.

Origin

bant · verb

Back-formation from banting.

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bant · noun

Clipping of banter.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with bant

plantgrantantaunttransplantrantpantimplantchantgallantbrantextantscantBrabantenchantlevantsupplantvivantdescantrecantdecanttrantdisenchantArgentine ant
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Anagrams

bnat
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APA

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MLA

“bant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bant.

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