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.
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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.
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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.
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Bunt
\Bunt\, v. t. & i.
1. To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the
ram bunted the boy.
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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.]