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: stinking smut ]

  3. similar to Tilletia caries

    [ Syn: stinking smut , tilletia foetida ]

  4. fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores

    [ Syn: tilletia caries ]

    bunt (v.)

  1. hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance

    [ Syn: 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 ]

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