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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bunt has 4 senses
- bunt(n = noun.act) Array - (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat; Array is a kind of hit, hitting, striking
- bunt(n = noun.state) stinking smut - disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores; Array is a kind of smut
- bunt(n = noun.plant) stinking smut, tilletia foetida - similar to Tilletia caries; Array is a kind of smut, smut fungus
- bunt(n = noun.plant) tilletia caries - fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores; Array is a kind of smut, smut fungus
Derived form verb bunt1
is a member of genus tilletia, tilletia
is a member of genus tilletia, tilletia
Verb bunt has 2 senses
- bunt(v = verb.contact) drag a bunt - hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance; Array is one way to hit
- bunt(v = verb.contact) butt - to strike, thrust or shove against; "He butted his sister out of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns" is one way to strike
Derived forms noun bunt1, noun bunter1
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CIDE DICTIONARY
bunt, n.
A fungus (Ustilago fœtida ) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand . [1913 Webster]
bunt, n. [Cf. Sw. bunt bundle, Dan. bundt, G. bund, E. bundle.].
The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. Totten. [1913 Webster]
bunt, n.
A push or shove; a butt; [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
bunt, v. i.
To swell out; as, the sail bunts. [1913 Webster]
bunt, v. t. & i.
- To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy. [1913 Webster]
- To bat or tap (the ball) slowly within the infield by meeting it with the bat without swinging at it. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bunt, n. the baggy centre of a fishing-net, sail, etc.
bunt, n. a disease of wheat caused by the fungus Tilletia caries.
bunt, v. & n.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. push with the head or horns; butt.
2 tr. US Baseball stop (a ball) with the bat without swinging.
--n. an act of bunting.
--v.
1 tr. & intr. push with the head or horns; butt.
2 tr. US Baseball stop (a ball) with the bat without swinging.
--n. an act of bunting.
Etymology
19th c.: cf. BUTT(1)
THESAURUS
bunt
advance, assault, beak, bear, bear upon, bearing, boost, bowl, brush, buck, bull, bulldoze, bump, bump against, butt, butt against, chuck, cram, crowd, dab, dig, drive, driving force, elbow, fillip, flick, flip, flirt, force, forward, goad, graze, head, hurtle, hustle, impel, impulsion, jab, jam, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, motive power, move, nudge, pat, peck, pedal, pick, pile drive, poke, pole, press, pressure, prod, propel, propelling, propelment, propulsion, pulsion, punch, push, pushing, ram, ram down, rap, rattle, roll, row, run, run against, shake, shoulder, shove, shoving, shunt, snap, stress, sweep, sweep along, tamp, tap, thrust, tickle, tip, touch, treadle, troll, trundle, whiskROGET THESAURUS
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Impulse
VB flash on the mind, say what comes uppermost, improvise, extemporize, give an impetus, impel, push, start, give a start to, set going, drive, urge, boom, thrust, prod, foin, cant, elbow, shoulder, jostle, justle, hustle, hurtle, shove, jog, jolt, encounter, run against, bump against, butt against, knock one's head against, run one's head against, impinge, boost, bunt, carom, clip y, fan, fan out, jab, plug, strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash, punch, thwack, whack, hit hard, strike hard, swap, batter, dowse, baste, pelt, patter, buffet, belabor, fetch one a blow, poke at, pink, lunge, yerk, kick, calcitrate, butt, strike at, whip, come into a collision, enter into collision, collide, sideswipe, foul, fall foul of, run foul of, telescope, throw.
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