bunt Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat
  2. noun disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
    stinking smut.
  3. noun similar to Tilletia caries
    Tilletia foetida; stinking smut.
  4. noun fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
    Tilletia caries.
  5. verb hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
    drag a bunt.
  6. verb to strike, thrust or shove against
    butt.
    • He butted his sister out of the way
    • The goat butted the hiker with his horns

WordNet

Bunt noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.
Bunt noun
Etymology
Cf. Sw. bunt bundle, Dan. bundt, G. bund, E. bundle.
Definitions
  1. (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.
Bunt intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) To swell out; as, the sail bunts.
Bunt transitive verb & intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy.

Webster 1913