ALL meanings of bunt
bunt
B b - transitive verb bunt In baseball, if you bunt or if you bunt the ball, you deliberately hit the ball softly, in order to gain an advantage. 3
- countable noun bunt In baseball, a bunt is the act of bunting a ball or a hit made by bunting the ball. 3
- verb bunt (of an animal) to butt (something) with the head or horns 3
- verb bunt to cause (an aircraft) to fly in part of an inverted loop or (of an aircraft) to fly in such a loop 3
- verb bunt (in baseball) to hit (a pitched ball) very gently 3
- noun bunt the act or an instance of bunting 3
- noun bunt the baggy centre of a fishing net or other piece of fabric, such as a square sail 3
- noun bunt a disease of cereal plants caused by smut fungi (genus Tilletia) 3
- verb transitive bunt to strike or butt with or as with horns 3
- verb transitive bunt to bat (a pitched ball) lightly without swinging so that it rolls within the infield, usually in attempting to advance a base runner 3
- noun bunt a butt or shove 3
- noun bunt the act of bunting 3
- noun bunt a bunted ball 3
- noun bunt a disease that destroys the grain of wheat and other grasses, caused by various fungi (genus Tilletia) 3
- noun bunt the sagging part of a fish net 3
- noun bunt the bellying part of a square sail 3
- verb with object bunt (of a goat or calf) to push with the horns or head; butt. 1
- verb with object bunt 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. 1
- verb without object bunt to push (something) with the horns or head. 1
- verb without object bunt Baseball. to bunt a ball. 1
- noun bunt a smut disease of wheat in which the kernels are replaced by the black, foul-smelling spores of fungi of the genus Tilletia. 1
- transitive verb bunt baseball: bat lightly so it hits ground near home plate 1
- noun bunt baseball: act of bunting 1
- noun bunt baseball: bunted ball 1
- transitive verb bunt butt, push with head or horns 1
- noun bunt (nautical) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. 0
- noun bunt A push or shove; a butt. 0
- noun bunt (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. 0
- noun bunt (baseball, softball) The act of bunting. 0
- noun bunt (aviation) The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight. 0
- noun bunt A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust; pepperbrand. 0
- verb bunt (Transitive Verb) (baseball) to intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance. 0
- verb bunt (Intransitive Verb) (baseball) to intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance. 0
- verb bunt (Intransitive Verb) (aviation) to perform (the second half of) an outside loop. 0
- verb bunt (Intransitive Verb) (nautical) To swell out. 0
- verb bunt (rare, of a cat) To headbutt affectionately. 0