Found 2 items, similar to bunt.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: bunt bunt n 1: (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat 2: disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores [syn: stinking smut ] 3: similar to Tilletia caries [syn: stinking smut, Tilletia foetida ] 4: fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores [syn: Tilletia caries] v 1: hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance [syn: drag a bunt] 2: to strike, thrust or shove against, often with head or horns; “He butted his sister out of the way” [syn: butt]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Bunt Bunt \Bunt\ (b[u^]nt), n. (Bot.) A fungus (Ustilago f[oe]tida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand. [1913 Webster] Bunt \Bunt\, n. [Cf. Sw. bunt bundle, Dan. bundt, G. bund, E. bundle.] (Naut.) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. --Totten. [1913 Webster] Bunt \Bunt\, n. A push or shove; a butt; specif. (Baseball), the act of bunting the ball. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Bunt \Bunt\, v. i. (Naut.) To swell out; as, the sail bunts. [1913 Webster] Bunt \Bunt\, v. t. & i. 1. To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy. [1913 Webster] 2. (Baseball) To bat or tap (the ball) slowly within the infield by meeting it with the bat without swinging at it. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]