Associations to the word «Bunt»

BUNT, noun. (nautical) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.

BUNT, noun. A push or shove; a butt.

BUNT, noun. (baseball) (softball) 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.

BUNT, noun. (baseball) (softball) The act of bunting

BUNT, noun. (aviation) The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.

BUNT, noun. A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust; pepperbrand.

BUNT, verb. (transitive) (baseball) to intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance

BUNT, verb. (intransitive) (baseball) to intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance

BUNT, verb. (intransitive) (aviation) to perform (the second half of) an outside loop.

BUNT, verb. (intransitive) (nautical) To swell out.

BUNT, verb. (rare) (of a cat) To headbutt affectionately.

BUNT, noun. (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat.

BUNT, noun. Disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores.

BUNT, noun. Similar to Tilletia caries.

BUNT, noun. Fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores.

BUNT, verb. Hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance.

BUNT, verb. To strike, thrust or shove against; "He butted his sister out of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns".