What is "bunt" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does bunt mean in English? Meaning of bunt definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "bunt" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "bunt": (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat

Noun

  • Meaning: (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat
  • Synonyms: bunt
  • Hypernyms: hit hitting striking
  • Meaning of "bunt": hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance

    Verb

  • Meaning: hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
  • Synonyms: bunt drag a bunt
  • Hypernyms: hit
  • Meaning of "bunt": disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores

    Noun

  • Meaning: disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
  • Synonyms: bunt stinking smut
  • Hypernyms: smut
  • Meaning of "bunt": to strike, thrust or shove against

    Verb

  • Meaning: to strike, thrust or shove against
  • Example: He butted his sister out of the way The goat butted the hiker with his horns
  • Synonyms: bunt butt
  • Hyponyms: headbutt
  • Hypernyms: strike
  • Also see: bump into butt against jar against knock against run into
  • Meaning of "bunt": similar to Tilletia caries

    Noun

  • Meaning: similar to Tilletia caries
  • Synonyms: bunt stinking smut tilletia foetida
  • Hypernyms: smut smut fungus
  • Meaning of "bunt": fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores

    Noun

  • Meaning: fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
  • Synonyms: bunt tilletia caries
  • Hypernyms: smut smut fungus
  • Adjective: (nautical) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. The bunt of the sail was green.A push or shove; a butt.(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. The bunt was fielded cleanly.(baseball, softball) The act of bunting The manager will likely call for a bunt here.(aviation) The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust; pepperbrand.
  • Synonyms:

    sacrifice, toss, meet, throw, butt, lay it down,

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    bunt in English: bunt
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