BUNT


Meaning of BUNT in English

vi to swell out; as, the sail bunts.

2. bunt ·add. ·noun a push or shove; a butt;.

3. bunt ·add. ·noun the act of bunting the ball.

4. bunt ·noun the middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.

5. bunt ·vt & ·vi to strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy.

6. bunt ·noun a fungus (ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust;

— also called pepperbrand.

7. bunt ·add. ·vt & ·vi to bat or tap (the ball) slowly within the infield by meeting it with the bat without swinging at it.

Webster English vocab.      Английский словарь Webster.