name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A diet aimed at losing weight, mostly accomplished by avoiding carbohydrates and sweet foods. British, archaic, informal, uncountable

   "Miss Clark, alarmed at her increasing stoutness, was doing a course of what is popularly known as banting."

2. 2
   wild ox of the Malay Archipelago wordnet

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms

bantengbantengbantingismbos bantengsir frederick grant bantingtsine

Example

More examples

"Miss Clark, alarmed at her increasing stoutness, was doing a course of what is popularly known as banting."

Etymology

Named after William Banting.

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