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bunt
1[buhnt]
verb (used with object)
Baseball.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.
verb (used without object)
Baseball.to bunt a ball.
to push (something) with the horns or head.
noun
Baseball.
the act of bunting.
a bunted ball.
a push with the head or horns; butt.
bunt
2[buhnt]
noun
Nautical.the middle part of a square sail.
the bagging part of a fishing net or bagging middle area of various cloth objects.
bunt
3[buhnt]
noun
a smut disease of wheat in which the kernels are replaced by the black, foul-smelling spores of fungi of the genus Tilletia.
bunt
1/ ʌԳ /
verb
(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
(in baseball) to hit (a pitched ball) very gently
noun
the act or an instance of bunting
bunt
2/ ʌԳ /
noun
nautical the baggy centre of a fishing net or other piece of fabric, such as a square sail
bunt
3/ ʌԳ /
noun
a disease of cereal plants caused by smut fungi (genus Tilletia )
Other 51Թ Forms
- bunter noun
- bunted adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bunt1
Origin of bunt2
Origin of bunt3
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bunt1
Origin of bunt2
Origin of bunt3
Example Sentences
The Beavers bunted again on the next pitch.
The Eagles tied tied it at 2-2 in the fifth with a squeeze bunt by Blake Ankrum, the third sacrifice of the game.
Two innings later, his sacrifice bunt attempt loaded the bases with no outs and sent LaPour to an early exit when he hesitated, looking to first before trying to get Tejeda at first.
With two on and no outs, Yamamoto raced off the mound to field a bunt that first baseman Freddie Freeman misread, anticipating Cleveland second baseman Will Wilson to angle the ball up the third-base line.
One pitch later, Savannah Pola dropped down a bunt and, spotting an uncovered second base, the speedy second baseman turned it into a heads-up double.
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