Usually means: Temporary dieting through severe restriction.
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  1. bant: Collins English Dictionary
  2. Bant, ban't, bant: Wordnik
  3. bant: Wiktionary
  4. bant: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. bant: Dictionary.com
  6. Bant (Omdurman), Bant (disambiguation), Bant: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. bant: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. Bant: World Wide Words

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  1. bant: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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  1. bant: Acronym Finder
  2. bant: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. bant: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. B.A.N.T, B.A.N.T, bant: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (bant)

verb:  (colloquial, now rare) To regulate what one eats according to the precepts of William Banting; to go on a diet.
noun:  (slang) Clipping of banter. [Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.]

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