bunt
1Baseball. to bat (a pitched ball) very gently so that it rolls into the infield close to home plate, usually by holding the bat loosely in hands spread apart and allowing the ball to bounce off it.
(of a goat or calf) to push with the horns or head; butt.
Baseball. to bunt a ball.
to push (something) with the horns or head.
Baseball.
the act of bunting.
a bunted ball.
a push with the head or horns; butt.
Origin of bunt
1Other words from bunt
- bunter, noun
Other definitions for bunt (2 of 3)
Nautical. the middle part of a square sail.
the bagging part of a fishing net or bagging middle area of various cloth objects.
Origin of bunt
2Other definitions for bunt (3 of 3)
a smut disease of wheat in which the kernels are replaced by the black, foul-smelling spores of fungi of the genus Tilletia.
Origin of bunt
3- Also called stinking smut.
Other words from bunt
- bunted, adjective
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How to use bunt in a sentence
The team was composed of fast men who were brilliant bunters and hard base runners.
Pitching in a Pinch | Christy Mathewson
British Dictionary definitions for bunt (1 of 3)
/ (bʌnt) /
(of an animal) to butt (something) with the head or horns
to cause (an aircraft) to fly in part of an inverted loop or (of an aircraft) to fly in such a loop
US and Canadian (in baseball) to hit (a pitched ball) very gently
the act or an instance of bunting
Origin of bunt
1British Dictionary definitions for bunt (2 of 3)
/ (bʌnt) /
nautical the baggy centre of a fishing net or other piece of fabric, such as a square sail
Origin of bunt
2British Dictionary definitions for bunt (3 of 3)
/ (bʌnt) /
a disease of cereal plants caused by smut fungi (genus Tilletia)
Origin of bunt
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