bunt

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bunt
v. push, butt, ram (with the head or horns); hit softly (Baseball)
 
n. act of hitting a baseball gently; push, butt (as with the head or horns)

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bunt

Noun
1. (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat
(hypernym) hit, hitting, striking
(derivation) drag a bunt
(classification) baseball, baseball game, ball
2. disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
(synonym) stinking smut
(hypernym) smut
3. similar to Tilletia caries
(synonym) stinking smut, Tilletia foetida
(hypernym) smut, smut fungus
(member-holonym) Tilletia, genus Tilletia
4. fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
(synonym) Tilletia caries
(hypernym) smut, smut fungus
(member-holonym) Tilletia, genus Tilletia

Verb
1. hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
(synonym) drag a bunt
(hypernym) hit
(classification) baseball, baseball game, ball
2. to strike, thrust or shove against, often with head or horns; "He butted his sister out of the way"
(synonym) butt
(hypernym) strike


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bunt
adj. colorful, multicolored; dappled, spotted, mottled; heterochromatic, polychromatic, having more than one color

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Bunt
(v. t. & i.)
To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy.
  
 
(v. i.)
To swell out; as, the sail bunts.
  
 
(n.)
The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
  
 
(n.)
A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.
  

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