Bunt Definition
bŭnt
bunted, bunts
verb
bunted, bunts
To bat (a pitched ball) lightly without swinging, so that the ball rolls slowly into the infield, usually in attempting to advance a base runner.
Webster's New World
To strike or butt with or as with horns.
Webster's New World
To cause (a base runner) to advance or (a run) to score by bunting.
American Heritage
To bunt a pitched ball.
The batter squared away to bunt.
American Heritage
To butt.
American Heritage
noun
bunts
The act of bunting.
Webster's New World
A butt or shove.
Webster's New World
A bunted ball.
Webster's New World
The middle portion of a sail, especially a square one, that is shaped like a pouch to increase the effect of the wind.
American Heritage
The sagging part of a fish net.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- Tilletia foetida
- stinking smut
- Tilletia caries
- pulsion
Origin of Bunt
Perhaps from Swedish bunt or Danish bundt both of Low German origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Dialectal to push, strike
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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