name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bunt
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/bʌnt/
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Northern-England: /bʊnt/
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rhymes with -ʌnt
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CMU ARPABET: B AH1 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: nautical, transport
Examples
- The bunt of the sail was green.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A push or shove; a butt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, softball, sports
Examples
- The bunt was fielded cleanly.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
The act of bunting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, softball, sports
Examples
- The manager will likely call for a bunt here.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
Any large pilot-commanded pitch-down motion of an aircraft, often producing negative G-forces and resulting in a large negative change in flightpath angle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, uncountable
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pepperbrand
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 9
To push with the horns; to butt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
Meaning 10
To spring or rear up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 11
To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- Jones bunted the ball.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 12
To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- Jones bunted.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 13
To perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 14
To swell out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: nautical, transport
Examples
- The sail bunts.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 15
To headbutt affectionately.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Examples
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:bunt.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 16
(baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hit, hitting, striking
noun
Meaning 17
fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Tilletia caries
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: smut, smut fungus
noun
Meaning 18
similar to Tilletia caries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stinking smut, Tilletia foetida
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: smut, smut fungus
noun
Meaning 19
disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stinking smut
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: smut
verb
Meaning 20
to strike, thrust or shove against
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He butted his sister out of the way
- The goat butted the hiker with his horns
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: butt
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: strike
Narrower terms: headbutt
verb
Meaning 21
hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drag a bunt
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hit
History
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps a nasalised variant of butt.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: toc — baseball: ball intentionally hit softly
- Finnish: näpäytyslyönti — baseball: ball intentionally hit softly
- Finnish: näpy — baseball: ball intentionally hit softly
- French: amorti — baseball: ball intentionally hit softly
- Japanese: バント (banto) — baseball: ball intentionally hit softly
- Korean: 번트 (beonteu) — baseball: ball intentionally hit softly
- Spanish: toque — baseball: ball intentionally hit softly
- Italian: smorzare — baseball
- Korean: 번트하다 (beonteuhada) — baseball
- Spanish: toque — baseball