bunt
noun
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The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
Example: The bunt of the sail was green.
A push or shove; a butt.
A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.
Example: The bunt was fielded cleanly.
The act of bunting.
Example: The manager will likely call for a bunt here.
verb
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To push with the horns; to butt.
To spring or rear up.
To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
Example: Jones bunted the ball.
To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
Example: Jones bunted.