Definition of bunt Bunt
/bʌˈnt/ - [bunt] - bunt
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What does bunt mean?
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NounPlural: bunts |
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| bunt - (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat | ||
| hitting, striking, hit (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit" | ||
| baseball game, baseball a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" | ||
| bunt - fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores | ||
| Tilletia caries | ||
| smut fungus, smut any fungus of the order Ustilaginales | ||
| bunt - similar to Tilletia caries | ||
| stinking smut, Tilletia foetida | ||
| smut fungus, smut any fungus of the order Ustilaginales | ||
| bunt - disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores | ||
| stinking smut | ||
Verb |
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| bunt - hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance | ||
| drag a bunt | ||
| hit pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars" | ||
| baseball game, baseball a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" | ||
| bunt - to strike, thrust or shove against; "He butted his sister out of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns" | ||
| butt | ||
| strike cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an arc" | ||
| bump into, jar against, knock against, butt against, run into collide violently with an obstacle; "I ran into the telephone pole" | ||
| headbutt butt with the head; "The soccer player headbutted his oponent and was sent off the field" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- bunt (Noun)
The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. - bunt (Noun)
A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved. - bunt (Noun)
The act of bunting. - bunt (Noun)
The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight. - bunt (Verb)
To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance. - bunt (Verb)
To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance. - bunt (Verb)
To perform the second half of an outside loop. - bunt (Verb)
To swell out.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bunt (n.)
A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand. - bunt (n.)
The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. - bunt (v. i.)
To swell out; as, the sail bunts. - bunt (v. t. & i.)
To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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bunt
To tap (a pitched baseball) a short distance from home plate.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bunt
bunt, n. a parasitic disease of wheat and other grains.—adjs. Bunt′ed, Bunt′y. [Ety. unknown.] -
bunt
bunt, n. the bagging part of a fishing-net, a sail, &c.—v.i. to belly, as a sail. [Ety. unknown.] -
bunt
bunt, v.i. to push with the horns, butt: to spring, rear.—n. a push.—n. Bunt′ing, pushing: a boys' game, played with sticks and a small piece of wood: a strong timber, a stout prop
Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️
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bunt
the middle part, or cavity of the principal square sails, as the main-sail, fore-sail, top-sails, and top-gallant-sails. If one of those sails is supposed to be divided into four equal parts, from one side to the other, then may the two middle divisions, which comprehend half of the sail, be properly called the limits of the bunt.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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