Brit., Dialectal to strike or butt with or as with horns
☆ Baseball to bat (a pitched ball) lightly without swinging so that it rolls within the infield, usually in attempting to advance a base runner
noun
a butt or shove
☆ Baseball
the act of bunting
a bunted ball
noun
a disease that destroys the grain of wheat and other grasses, caused by various fungi (genus Tilletia)
noun
the sagging part of a fish net
the bellying part of a square sail
See bunt in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(bŭnt)
verbbunt·ed, bunt·ing, bunts verb, transitive
Baseball
a. To bat (a pitched ball) by tapping it lightly so that the ball rolls slowly in front of the infielders.
b. To cause (a base runner) to advance or (a run) to score by bunting.
To push or strike with or as if with the head; butt.
verb, intransitive
Baseball To bunt a pitched ball: The batter squared away to bunt.
To butt.
noun
Baseball
a. The act of bunting.
b. A bunted ball.
A butt with or as if with the head.
Related Forms:
buntˈer noun
(bŭnt)
noun
The middle portion of a sail, especially a square one, that is shaped like a pouch to increase the effect of the wind.
The pouchlike midsection of a fishing net in which the catch is concentrated.
(bŭnt)
noun
A smut disease of wheat and other cereal grasses, caused by fungi of the genus Tilletia and resulting in grains filled with foul-smelling, sooty black spores. Also called stinking smut.