Meaning Of The Word Bunt

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bunt
In baseball, if you bunt or if you bunt the ball, you deliberately hit the ball softly, in order to gain an advantage.

bunt in American English 1
a butt or shove
to strike or butt with or as with horns
intransitive verb: to push (something) with the horns or head
noun: a push with the head or horns; butt
transitive verb: to push with the horns or head; butt

bunt in American English 2
a disease that destroys the grain of wheat and other grasses, caused by various fungi (genus Tilletia)
noun: the middle part of a square sail

bunt in American English 3
the sagging part of a fish net
noun: a smut disease of wheat in which the kernels are replaced by the black, foul-smelling spores of fungi of the genus Tilletia

bunt in British English 1
noun: the act or an instance of bunting
verb: (of an animal) to butt (something) with the head or horns

bunt in British English 2
noun: the baggy centre of a fishing net or other piece of fabric, such as a square sail

bunt in British English 3
noun: a disease of cereal plants caused by smut fungi (genus Tilletia)

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