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Definitions for Bunt

[1] (of a goat or calf) to push with the horns or head; butt.
[2] Baseball . to bat (a pitched ball) very gently so that it rolls into the infield close to home plate, usually by holding the bat loosely in hands spread apart and allowing the ball to bounce off it.
[3] to push (something) with the horns or head.
[4] Baseball . to bunt a ball.
[5] a push with the head or horns; butt.
[6] Baseball . the act of bunting. a bunted ball.
[7] Nautical . the middle part of a square sail.
[8] the bagging part of a fishing net or bagging middle area of various cloth objects.
[9] a smut disease of wheat in which the kernels are replaced by the black, foul-smelling spores of fungi of the genus Tilletia.
[10] (of an animal) to butt (something) with the head or horns
[11] to cause (an aircraft) to fly in part of an inverted loop or (of an aircraft) to fly in such a loop
[12] US and Canadian (in baseball) to hit (a pitched ball) very gently
[13] the act or an instance of bunting
[14] nautical the baggy centre of a fishing net or other piece of fabric, such as a square sail
[15] a disease of cereal plants caused by smut fungi (genus Tilletia )

Words related to Bunt

sacrifice, toss, meet, throw, butt

Words nearby Bunt

bunraku, buns, bunsen, bunsen burner, bunsen's solubility coefficient, bunt, bunt order, buntal, bunting, buntline, bunton

Origin of Bunt

3First recorded in 1595–1605; earlier, puffball; of uncertain origin

Other words from Bunt

bunt·er , noun
bunt·ed , adjective

Word origin for Bunt

C17: of unknown origin

Synonyms for Bunt

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