Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bunt"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bunt \Bunt\, n.
A push or shove; a butt; specif. (Baseball), the act of
bunting the ball.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bunt \Bunt\, v. t. & i. (Baseball)
To bat or tap (the ball) slowly within the infield by meeting
it with the bat without swinging at it.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bunt \Bunt\, n. (Bot.)
A fungus ({Ustilago f[oe]tida}) which affects the ear of
cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called
pepperbrand.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bunt \Bunt\, v. i. (Naut.)
To swell out; as, the sail bunts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bunt \Bunt\, v. t. & i.
To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the
ram bunted the boy.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bunt
n 1: 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}]
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, often with head or
horns: "He butted his sister out of the way." [syn: {butt}]
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