bunt

Definitions


[bʌnt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a batter) gently tap (a pitched ball) without swinging in an attempt to make it more difficult to field
(e.g: he tried to bunt the ball down the first baseline)

- push or butt
(e.g: Gary bunted her with his head)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 18th century: probably related to the noun butt (the original sense)


[bʌnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act or result of bunting a pitched ball

- an act of flying an aircraft in part of an outside loop


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 18th century: probably related to the noun butt (the original sense)


[bʌnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the baggy centre of a fishing net or a sail


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: of unknown origin


[bʌnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a disease of wheat caused by a smut fungus, the spores of which give off a smell of rotten fish


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century (denoting the puffball fungus): of unknown origin




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