bunt
pronunciation
How to pronounce bunt in British English:
UK [bʌnt]
How to pronounce bunt in American English:
US [bʌnt]
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- Noun:
- (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat
- disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
- similar to Tilletia caries
- fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
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- Verb:
- hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
- to strike, thrust or shove against, often with head or horns
Word Origin
- bunt
- bunt: see punt
- bunt (v.)
- 1825, "to strike with the head or horns," perhaps an alteration of butt (v.) with a goat in mind, or a survival from Middle English bounten "to return." As a baseball term from 1889. Related: Bunted; bunting.
- bunt (n.)
- 1767, "a push;" see bunt (v.). Baseball sense is from 1889.
Example
- 1. If he hits a double , you bunt .
- 2. You like bunt ? You want to do it again ?
- 3. Karnal bunt is spread mainly by the planting of infected seeds .
- 4. Move the bat a little ! It 's a bunt !
- 5. Philadelphia phillies baseball cookie bunt pack .