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
• plural of bunt
• money

Verb

• hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
• to strike, thrust or shove against
• third-person singular simple present indicative of bunt

Synonyms

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