bunt as a noun: - 1
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as a verb: - 1
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bunt
noun
1 bunt
baseball The act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat.
2 bunt
Disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores.
synonym: stinking smut.
3 bunt
4 bunt
Fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores.
synonym: Tilletia caries.
verb
1 bunt
Hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance.
synonym: drag a bunt.
2 bunt
To strike, thrust or shove against.
synonym: butt.
Roget 276:
give an impetus
etc.
n.;
impel,
push;
start,
give a start to,
set going;
drive,
urge,
boom;
thrust,
prod,
foin [Fr.];
cant;
elbow,
shoulder,
jostle,
justle†,
hustle,
hurtle,
shove,
jog,
jolt,
encounter;
run against,
bump against,
butt against;
knock one's head against,
run one's head against;
impinge;
boost [U.S.];
bunt,
carom,
clip y;
fan,
fan out;
jab,
plug [Slang].
strike,
knock,
hit,
tap,
rap,
slap,
flap,
dab,
pat,
thump,
beat,
blow,
bang,
slam,
dash;
punch,
thwack,
whack;
hit hard,
strike hard;
swap,
batter,
dowse†,
baste;
pelt,
patter,
buffet,
belabor;
fetch one a blow;
poke at,
pink,
lunge,
yerk†;
kick,
calcitrate†;
butt,
strike at
etc.
(attack)
716;
whip
etc.
(punish)
972.
come into a collision,
enter into collision;
collide;
sideswipe;
foul;
fall foul of,
run foul of;
telescope.
throw
etc.
(propel)
284.
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