bunt /ˈbʌnt/
頂撞,推,短打(vt.)頂撞,短打
Bunt n. Bot. A fungus (Ustilago fœtida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.
Bunt, n. Naut. The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
Bunt, n. A push or shove; a butt; specif. Baseball, the act of bunting the ball.
Bunt, v. i. Naut. To swell out; as, the sail bunts.
Bunt, v. t. & i.
1. To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy.
2. Baseball To bat or tap (the ball) slowly within the infield by meeting it with the bat without swinging at it.
◄ ►
bunt
n 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 [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]