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Definition bunt

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps a nasalised variant of butt.

Noun

bunt (plural bunts)

1. (nautical) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
2. A push or shove; a butt.
3. (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.
4. (baseball, softball) The act of bunting.
5. (aviation) The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
6. A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust; pepperbrand.

Verb

bunt (third-person singular simple present bunts, present participle bunting, simple past and past participle bunted)

1. To push with the horns; to butt.
2. To spring or rear up.
3. (transitive, baseball) To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
4. (intransitive, baseball) To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
5. (intransitive, aviation) To perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
6. (intransitive, nautical) To swell out.
7. (rare, of a cat) To headbutt affectionately.

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