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.

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 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]