bunt

Plural: bunts

Noun

• (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat
• disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
• similar to Tilletia caries
• fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
• The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
• A push or shove; a butt.
• 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.
• The act of bunting.
• The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
• The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
• Any large pilot-commanded pitch-down motion of an aircraft, often producing negative G-forces and resulting in a large negative change in flightpath angle.
• A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust.

Verb

Verb Forms: bunted, bunting, bunts

• To push or strike with the head or horns.
• hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
• to strike, thrust or shove against
• To push with the horns; to butt.
• To spring or rear up.
• To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
• To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
• To perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
• To swell out.
• To headbutt affectionately.

Examples

• He tried to BUNT his opponent’s strategy by blocking key squares.
• Jones bunted the ball.
• Jones bunted.
• The bunt of the sail was green.
• The bunt was fielded cleanly.
• The manager will likely call for a bunt here.
• The sail bunts.

Synonyms

butt, drag a bunt, stinking smut, Tilletia caries, Tilletia foetida, pepperbrand

Related Words

bunting

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