bunt
verb
[ bʌnt ]
• (of a batter) gently tap (a pitched ball) without swinging in an attempt to make it more difficult to field.
• "he tried to bunt the ball down the first baseline"
• push or butt.
• "Gary bunted her with his head"
bunt
noun
• an act or result of bunting a pitched ball.
• an act of flying an aircraft in part of an outside loop.
Origin:
mid 18th century: probably related to the noun butt1 (the original sense).
bunt
noun
• the baggy centre of a fishing net or a sail.
Origin:
late 16th century: of unknown origin.
bunt
noun
• a disease of wheat caused by a smut fungus, the spores of which give off a smell of rotten fish.
Origin:
early 17th century (denoting the puffball fungus): of unknown origin.
