bunt in English
- bunt⇄bunt (1), verb, noun.
- bunt⇄bunt (2), noun, verb.
- bunt⇄bunt (3), noun.
1. a disease of wheat in which the center of the kernels is replaced by black, ill-smelling spores, caused by a parasitic fungus; stinking smut.
2. the fungus producing this disease. - bunt⇄noun bunter.
- bunt⇄noun 1. the middle, bellying part of a square sail.
2. the bagging section of a fishing net. - bunt⇄noun 1a. the act of bunting a baseball.
b. a baseball that is bunted.
2. a push; shove. - bunt⇄v.i. to swell out or belly, as a sail does.
- bunt⇄v.i., v.t. 1. to hit (a baseball) lightly so that the ball goes to the ground and rolls only a short distance.
Ex. Andy Seminick bunted into a force play (New York Times).
2. to strike with the head or horns, as a goat does; butt.
3. t - bunt⇄v.t. bunt up, to haul (a sail) up to a yard so that its middle part forms an irregular roll.