About The Word Bunt
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Bunt
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What's The Definition Of Bunt?
[n] the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat
[n] fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores [n] similar to Tilletia caries [n] disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores [v] to strike, thrust or shove against, often with head or horns; "He butted his sister out of the way." [v] hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance Synonyms | Synonyms for Bunt: butt | drag a bunt | stinking smut | stinking smut | Tilletia caries | Tilletia foetida Related Terms | Find terms related to Bunt: advance | assault | beak | bear | bear upon | bearing | boost | bowl | brush | buck | bull | bulldoze | bump | bump against | butt | butt against | chuck | cram | crowd | dab | dig | drive | driving force | elbow | fillip | flick | flip | flirt | force | forward | goad | graze | head | hurtle | hustle | impel | impulsion | jab | jam | jog | joggle | jolt | jostle | motive power | move | nudge | pat | peck | pedal | pick | pile drive | poke | pole | press | pressure | prod | propel | propelling | propelment | propulsion | pulsion | punch | push | pushing | ram | ram down | rap | rattle | roll | row | run | run against | shake | shoulder | shove | shoving | shunt | snap | stress | sweep | sweep along | tamp | tap | thrust | tickle | tip | touch | treadle | troll | trundle | whisk See Also | ball | baseball | baseball game | bump into | butt against | genus Tilletia | hit | hit | hitting | jar against | knock against | run into | smut | smut | smut fungus | strike | striking | Tilletia Bunt In Webster's Dictionary \Bunt\, n. (Bot.)
A fungus ({Ustilago f[oe]tida}) which affects the ear of
cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called
pepperbrand.
\Bunt\, n. [Cf. Sw. bunt bundle, Dan. bundt, G. bund, E. bundle.] (Naut.) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. --Totten. \Bunt\, v. i. (Naut.) 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. \Bunt\, n. A push or shove; a butt; specif. (Baseball), the act of bunting the ball. \Bunt\, v. t. & i. (Baseball) To bat or tap (the ball) slowly within the infield by meeting it with the bat without swinging at it. |
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