Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
- noun The middle portion of a sail, especially a square one, that is shaped like a pouch to increase the effect of the wind.
- noun The pouchlike midsection of a fishing net in which the catch is concentrated.
- intransitive verb To bat (a pitched ball) by tapping it lightly so that the ball rolls slowly in front of the infielders.
- intransitive verb To cause (a base runner) to advance or (a run) to score by bunting.
- intransitive verb To push or strike with or as if with the head; butt.
- intransitive verb Baseball To bunt a pitched ball.
- intransitive verb To butt.
- noun The act of bunting.
- noun A bunted ball.
- noun A butt with or as if with the head.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To swell out; belly, as a sail.
- To sift.
- To push with the horns or head, as a goat or a calf.
- To spring; rear.
- noun A blunt stone arrow-head with rounded edge in place of a point.
- noun A smut which infests and destroys the kernels of wheat; an ustilagineous fungus, Tilletia caries, which causes serious damage in Europe, and is becoming troublesome in America.
- noun A name sometimes given to the puffball, Lycoperdon.
- noun A push with the head, or the head and horns.
- In baseball, to block (the ball) with the bat, so that it goes to the ground and rolls only a short distance.
- noun The middle part of a square sail; also, the middle, baggy part of a net, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A fungus (
Ustilago fœtida ) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also calledpepperbrand . - intransitive verb (Naut.) To swell out.
- verb To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt.
- verb (Baseball) To bat or tap (the ball) slowly within the infield by meeting it with the bat without swinging at it.
- noun (Naut.) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
- noun (Baseball) A push or shove; a butt
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
- noun baseball, softball A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.
- noun baseball, softball The act of bunting
- noun aviation The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
- verb transitive, baseball to intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance
- verb intransitive, baseball to intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance
- verb intransitive, aviation to perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
- noun fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
- noun similar to Tilletia caries
- verb to strike, thrust or shove against
- noun (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat
- verb hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Johnson hit what he called a "bunt drive" some 310 yards on the 17th and hit wedge to 2 feet for the last of his eight birdies.
SI.com 2011
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The 26-year-old American hit what he called a "bunt drive" that went 310 yards on the 17th, leaving him a wedge into 2 feet.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed DOUG FERGUSON 2011
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The 26-year-old American hit what he called a "bunt drive" that went 310 yards on the 17th, leaving him a wedge into 2 feet.
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"The bunt is what I do, that's what I'm good at," Womack said.
National League Major League Baseball - San Francisco vs. Arizona 2002
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The sacrifice bunt is another big difference between the leagues, but not as much a difference as most announcers (and players, managers, etc.) make it out to be.
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ANAHEIM 3RD: D Eckstein bunt grounded out to third.
American League - Major League Baseball - Anaheim vs. New York Yankees 2002
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ANAHEIM 3RD: D Eckstein bunt grounded out to third.
American League - Major League Baseball - Anaheim vs. New York Yankees 2002
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Dr Powers said the helicopter had also been performing a dangerous manoeuvre known as a "bunt" - a rapid descent at speed - that the Puma was not suited for.
WalesOnline - Home WalesOnline 2012
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Instead of letting him swing away, he had him attempt to lay down a sacrifice bunt, which is something Jose has proved time and time again that he has trouble doing.
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Instead of letting him swing away, he had him attempt to lay down a sacrifice bunt, which is something Jose has proved time and time again that he has trouble doing.
chained_bear commented on the word bunt
Bunting, apparently, in the following usage:
"'When we have furled everything but topsails and forestaysail, we may proceed... But furled in the loose bunt, swagging horribly, with gaskets all ahoo, d'ye hear me there, Mr Seymour,'—directing his voice nominally to Seymour on the forecastle but in fact to the ship's company..."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Nutmeg of Consolation, 151
March 6, 2008
yarb commented on the word bunt
In reefing, the yard-arms (the extremes of the yards) are the posts of honor; but in furling, the strongest and most experienced stand in the slings (or middle of the yard) to make up the bunt. If the second mate is a smart fellow, he will never let any one take either of these posts from him; but if he is wanting either in seamanship, strength, or activity, some better man will get the bunt and earings from him, which immediately brings him into disrepute.
- Richard Henry Dana Jr., Two Years Before the Mast, ch. 4
September 6, 2008
elgiad007 commented on the word bunt
Bounder: Anyway you're interested in one of our adventure holidays?
Tourist: Yes I saw your advert in the bolour supplement
Bounder: The what?
Tourist: The bolour supplement
Bounder: The colour supplement?
Tourist: Yes I'm sorry I can't say the letter 'B'
Bounder: C?
Tourist: Yes that's right. It's all due to a trauma I suffered when I was a spoolboy. I was attacked by a bat
Bounder: A cat?
Tourist: No a bat
Bounder: Can you say the letter 'K'
Tourist: Oh yes, Khaki, king, kettle, Kuwait, Keble Bollege Oxford
Bounder: Why don't you say the letter 'K' instead of the letter 'C'
Tourist: what you mean.....spell bolour with a K
Bounder: Yes
Tourist: Kolour. Oh that's very good, I never thought of that. What a silly bunt.
- from The Travel Agent Sketch by Monty Python
November 11, 2008
sionnach commented on the word bunt
Bye, baby Bunting.
Daddy's gone a hunting,
To get a little rabbit skin
To wrap his baby Bunting in.
Caldecott Baby Bunting
November 11, 2008