Meaning & Definition of Bunt in English
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Bunt
/bənt/
noun
1. (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat
synonym:
- bunt
2. Disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
synonym:
- bunt,
- stinking smut
3. Similar to tilletia caries
synonym:
- bunt,
- stinking smut,
- Tilletia foetida
4. Fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
synonym:
- bunt,
- Tilletia caries
verb
1. Hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
synonym:
- bunt,
- drag a bunt
2. To strike, thrust or shove against
- "He butted his sister out of the way"
- "The goat butted the hiker with his horns"
synonym:
- butt,
- bunt