1
a
: the middle part of a square sail
b
: the part of a furled sail gathered up in a bunch at the center of the yard
2
: the bagging part of a fishing net
bunted; bunting; bunts
1
: to strike or push with or as if with the head : butt
2
: to push or tap (a baseball) lightly with a bat without swinging
: to bunt a baseball
bunter
noun
: a destructive covered smut of wheat caused by a fungus (genus Tilletia)
Examples of bunt in a Sentence
Verb
The batter bunted for a single.
He bunted the ball toward third base.
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Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 29 Apr. 2025
The most recent example began with a bunt by Luis Arráez of the San Diego Padres against the Houston Astros on Sunday.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025
The red, white and blue bunting decorating ballparks, the echoing crack of a bat, bags of peanuts cartwheeling from vendor’s hands, pastoral fields of emerald green.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
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Noun
In the seventh inning, with Mateo Navarro on second base, Owen Dever squared to bunt then pulled the bat back to slap the ball over the head of charging Katella first baseman Hector Perez.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 29 Apr. 2025
The most recent example began with a bunt by Luis Arráez of the San Diego Padres against the Houston Astros on Sunday.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
Lindor bunted for a single leading off the third before racing home on Soto’s double to the left-center field gap.
—Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2025
The red, white and blue bunting decorating ballparks, the echoing crack of a bat, bags of peanuts cartwheeling from vendor’s hands, pastoral fields of emerald green.
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Bunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bunt. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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