bunt meaning

bunt as a noun

1. (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat

   Type of: hit

2. disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores

   Synonyms: stinking smut

   Type of: smut

3. similar to Tilletia caries

   Synonyms: stinking smut, Tilletia foetida

   Type of: smut

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

   Synonyms: Tilletia caries

   Type of: smut

bunt as a verb

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

   Synonyms: drag a bunt

   Type of: hit

   Related forms: bunter

2. to strike, thrust or shove against
   • He butted his sister out of the way
   • The goat butted the hiker with his horns

   Synonyms: butt

   Type of: strike

   Kinds: headbutt

bunt in a sentence

• The manager sent the bunt sign to the batter.

How to pronounce bunt

bunt is pronounced /bʌnt/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with bunt

• front
• blunt
• confront
• shunt
• hunt
• grunt
• stunt
• affront
• punt
• brunt