bunt meaning and definition

BUNT noun

Definition of bunt (noun)

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
   • synonyms: stinking smut
3. similar to Tilletia caries
   • synonyms: stinking smut, Tilletia foetida
4. fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
   • synonyms: Tilletia caries

BUNT verb

Definition of bunt (verb)

1. hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
   • synonyms: drag a bunt
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