bunt
The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sailThe middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
» The manager sent the bunt sign to the batter.
Der Trainer gab dem Schlagmann das Zeichen, den Ball abtropfen zu lassen. — Yakuwari
moman · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
The bunt of the sail was green.
(countable, uncountable)A push or shove; a butt.
(countable, uncountable)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.
The bunt was fielded cleanly.
(countable, uncountable)The act of bunting.
The manager will likely call for a bunt here.
(countable, uncountable)The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Any large pilot-commanded pitch-down motion of an aircraft, often producing negative G-forces and resulting in a large negative change in flightpath angle.
(countable, uncountable)A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust.
- (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball or softball lightly by holding the bat in a stationary position rather than swinging it
- fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
- similar to Tilletia caries
- disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
Examples
1 sentencesThe manager sent the bunt sign to the batter.
deDer Trainer gab dem Schlagmann das Zeichen, den Ball abtropfen zu lassen. — Yakuwari
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
Unknown. Perhaps a nasalised variant of butt.Unknown. Perhaps a nasalised variant of butt.
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Forms
plural: buntsSynonyms
4 synonyms- fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores:Tilletia caries
- similar to Tilletia caries:stinking smutTilletia foetida
- disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores:stinking smut
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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