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Bunt

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Noun

1. bunt

(baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat

2. bunt, stinking smut

disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores

3. bunt, stinking smut, tilletia foetida

similar to Tilletia caries

4. bunt, tilletia caries

fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores

Verb

5. bunt, drag a bunt

hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance

6. bunt, butt

to strike, thrust or shove against

Example Sentences:
'He butted his sister out of the way'
'The goat butted the hiker with his horns'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Bunt

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verb
1. 
(of an animal) to butt (something) with the head or horns
2. 
to cause (an aircraft) to fly in part of an inverted loop or (of an aircraft) to fly in such a loop
3. US and Canadian
(in baseball) to hit (a pitched ball) very gently
noun
4. 
the act or an instance of bunting
noun
nautical
the baggy centre of a fishing net or other piece of fabric, such as a square sail
noun
a disease of cereal plants caused by smut fungi (genus Tilletia)

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Bunt

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verb transitive, verb intransitive
1.  British, Dialectal
to strike or butt with or as with horns
2.  US, Baseball
to bat (a pitched ball) lightly without swinging so that it rolls within the infield, usually in attempting to advance a base runner
noun
3. 
a butt or shove
4.  US, Baseball
a. 
the act of bunting
b. 
a bunted ball
noun
a disease that destroys the grain of wheat and other grasses, caused by various fungi (genus Tilletia)
noun
1. 
the sagging part of a fish net
2. 
the bellying part of a square sail

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Bunt

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v. bunt·ed, bunt·ing, bunts
v.tr.
1. Baseball
a. To bat (a pitched ball) by tapping it lightly so that the ball rolls slowly in front of the infielders.
b. To cause (a base runner) to advance or (a run) to score by bunting.
2. To push or strike with or as if with the head; butt.
v.intr.
1. Baseball To bunt a pitched ball: The batter squared away to bunt.
2. To butt.
n.
1. Baseball
a. The act of bunting.
b. A bunted ball.
2. A butt with or as if with the head.
n.
1. The middle portion of a sail, especially a square one, that is shaped like a pouch to increase the effect of the wind.
2. The pouchlike midsection of a fishing net in which the catch is concentrated.
n.
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. Also called stinking smut.

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