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7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bunt \Bunt\, n. A push or shove; a butt; specif. (Baseball), the act of bunting the ball. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bunt \Bunt\, v. t. & i. (Baseball) To bat or tap (the ball) slowly within the infield by meeting it with the bat without swinging at it From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bunt \Bunt\, n. (Bot.) A fungus ({Ustilago f[oe]tida}) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bunt \Bunt\, n. [Cf. Sw bunt bundle, Dan. bundt, G. bund, E. bundle.] (Naut.) The middle part cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. --Totten. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bunt \Bunt\, v. i. (Naut.) To swell out as the sail bunts. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bunt \Bunt\, v. t. & i. To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as the ram bunted the boy. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bunt n 1: 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}]
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