'Bunt' definitions:
Definition of 'bunt'
(from WordNet)
noun
(baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat
noun
Disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores [syn: bunt, stinking smut]
noun
Similar to Tilletia caries [syn: bunt, stinking smut, Tilletia foetida]
noun
Fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores [syn: bunt, Tilletia caries]
verb
Hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance [syn: bunt, drag a bunt]
verb
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]
Definition of 'Bunt'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bunt'
From: GCIDE
- Bunt \Bunt\, n. A push or shove; a butt; specif. (Baseball), the act of bunting the ball. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Bunt'
From: GCIDE
- Bunt \Bunt\, v. i. (Naut.) To swell out; as, the sail bunts. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bunt'
From: GCIDE
- Bunt \Bunt\, v. t. & i.
- 1. To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy. [1913 Webster]
- 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.]
Definition of 'Bunt'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bunt'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advance,
- assault,
- beak,
- bear,
- bear upon,
- bearing,
- boost,
- bowl,
- brush,
- buck,
- bull,
- bulldoze,
- bump,
- bump against,
- butt,
- butt against,
- chuck,
- cram,
- crowd,
- dab,
- dig,
- drive,
- driving force,
- elbow,
- fillip,
- flick,
- flip,
- flirt,
- force,
- forward,
- goad,
- graze,
- head,
- hurtle,
- hustle,
- impel,
- impulsion,
- jab,
- jam,
- jog,
- joggle,
- jolt,
- jostle,
- motive power,
- move,
- nudge,
- pat,
- peck,
- pedal,
- pick,
- pile drive,
- poke,
- pole,
- press,
- pressure,
- prod,
- propel,
- propelling,
- propelment,
- propulsion,
- pulsion,
- punch,
- push,
- pushing,
- ram,
- ram down,
- rap,
- rattle,
- roll,
- row,
- run,
- run against,
- shake,
- shoulder,
- shove,
- shoving,
- shunt,
- snap,
- stress,
- sweep,
- sweep along,
- tamp,
- tap,
- thrust,
- tickle,
- tip,
- touch,
- treadle,
- troll,
- trundle,
- whisk