Bunt - English meaning

verb

(of a batter) gently tap (a pitched ball) without swinging in an attempt to make it more difficult to field.

Usage examples:

He tried to bunt the ball down the first baseline

verb

Push or butt.

Usage examples:

Gary bunted her with his head

noun

An act or result of bunting a pitched ball.

Usage examples:

When jim abbott first took the mound for the california angels, we could see his disability - that …

noun

An act of flying an aircraft in part of an outside loop.

Usage examples:

In a bunt, the aircraft experiences a rapid, uncontrolled, tight forward pitching rotation.

noun

The baggy centre of a fishing net or a sail.

Usage examples:

The sailors hoisted the trysails a little way, tightened the sheets, fixed bunts to the sail, and s…

noun

A disease of wheat caused by a smut fungus, the spores of which give off a smell of rotten fish.

Usage examples:

Some wheat seed treatments that can be used to prevent common bunt, stinking smut and seedling blig…

verb

In baseball, to deliberately hit the ball very gently by holding the bat in front of you and pushing it to meet the ball, so that the ball does not travel far

Usage examples:

He bunted a ball in front of home plate., they bunted, stole bases and played great defence., i att…