Bunt

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  • noun. 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.
  • noun. The middle portion of a sail, especially a square one, that is shaped like a pouch to increase the effect of the wind.
  • noun. The pouchlike midsection of a fishing net in which the catch is concentrated.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To bat (a pitched ball) by tapping it lightly so that the ball rolls slowly in front of the infielders.
  • intransitive verb. To cause (a base runner) to advance or (a run) to score by bunting.
  • intransitive verb. To push or strike with or as if with the head; butt.
  • intransitive verb. To bunt a pitched ball.
  • intransitive verb. To butt.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act of bunting.
  • noun. A bunted ball.
  • noun. A butt with or as if with the head.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To swell out; belly, as a sail.
  • To sift.
  • To push with the horns or head, as a goat or a calf.
  • To spring; rear.
  • noun. A blunt stone arrow-head with rounded edge in place of a point.
  • noun. A smut which infests and destroys the kernels of wheat; an ustilagineous fungus, Tilletia caries, which causes serious damage in Europe, and is becoming troublesome in America.
  • noun. A name sometimes given to the puffball, Lycoperdon.
  • noun. A push with the head, or the head and horns.
  • In baseball, to block (the ball) with the bat, so that it goes to the ground and rolls only a short distance.
  • noun. The middle part of a square sail; also, the middle, baggy part of a net, etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A fungus (Ustilago fÅ“tida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.
  • intransitive verb. To swell out.
  • verb. To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt.
  • verb. To bat or tap (the ball) slowly within the infield by meeting it with the bat without swinging at it.
  • noun. The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
  • noun. A push or shove; a butt
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. The act of bunting
  • noun. The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
  • verb. to intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance
  • verb. to intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance
  • verb. to perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
  • noun. fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
  • noun. similar to Tilletia caries
  • verb. to strike, thrust or shove against
  • noun. (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat
  • verb. hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
  • Word Usage
    "The 26-year-old American hit what he called a "bunt drive" that went 310 yards on the 17th, leaving him a wedge into 2 feet."
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    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hit  hitting  smut  smut fungus  striking  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hunt  Lunt  affront  blunt  brunt  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    advance  assault  bag  beak  bear  
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    bunted  bunting  bunts