[syn: butt, bunt]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bunt \Bunt\ (b[u^]nt), n. (Bot.)
A fungus (Ustilago f[oe]tida) which affects the ear of
cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called
pepperbrand.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bunt \Bunt\, n. [Cf. Sw. bunt bundle, Dan. bundt, G. bund, E.
bundle.] (Naut.)
The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a
furled sail which is at the center of the yard. --Totten.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bunt \Bunt\, n.
A push or shove; a butt; specif. (Baseball), the act of
bunting the ball.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bunt \Bunt\, v. i. (Naut.)
To swell out; as, the sail bunts.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bunt \Bunt\, v. t. & i.
1. To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the
ram bunted the boy.
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2. (Baseball) To bat or tap (the ball) slowly within the
infield by meeting it with the bat without swinging at it.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
bunt
n 1: (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without
swinging the bat
2: disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains
with greasy masses of smelly smut spores [syn: bunt,
stinking smut]
3: similar to Tilletia caries [syn: bunt, stinking smut,
Tilletia foetida]
4: fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with
greasy masses of smelly spores [syn: bunt, Tilletia
caries]
v 1: hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short
distance [syn: 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" [syn:
butt, bunt]