Bunt

Quick meaning: Bunt is a noun meaning (nautical) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.

Meaning

(nautical) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.

More Meanings

1. A push or shove; a butt.
2. (baseball, softball) The act of bunting.
3. (aviation) The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
4. (countable, uncountable) A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust.
5. To push with the horns; to butt.
6. To spring or rear up.
7. (baseball, softball) 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.

Example Sentences

Jones bunted.

The sail bunts.

Jones bunted the ball.

The bunt was fielded cleanly.

Word Forms

• bunts
• bunting
• bunted

Synonyms for bunt

Depending on context, synonyms include pepperbrand, butt.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include butt, milam, buntline, skin, bellyband, waist.

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