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
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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
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Other Word Forms of Bunt

Noun

Singular:
bunt
Plural:
bunts

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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