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Definition of 'bunt'

Noun

  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
       Synonyms: stinking smut
  3. similar to Tilletia caries
       Synonyms: stinking smut Tilletia foetida
  4. fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
       Synonyms: Tilletia caries

Verb

  1. hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
       Synonyms: drag a bunt
  2. to strike, thrust or shove against, often with head or horns; "He butted his sister out of the way"
       Synonyms: butt


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