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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Dennis Lin, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
Hip check Gavin Lux tweaked his right-hip flexor breaking out of the box on his fourth-inning bunt Sunday night and was pulled from the game in the seventh inning.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
After drilling the Rockies’ Todd Helton in a 2009 game at Coors Field, the pitcher bunted in his next at-bat.
—Daniel Brown, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Aug 20, left fielder and potential team MVP Jurickson Profar showed bunt, hit a decisive home run, then defended his near-decision to bunt.
—Dennis Lin, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
Hip check Gavin Lux tweaked his right-hip flexor breaking out of the box on his fourth-inning bunt Sunday night and was pulled from the game in the seventh inning.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
Verb
And good luck bunting off these pitchers, with their stuff.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
After drilling the Rockies’ Todd Helton in a 2009 game at Coors Field, the pitcher bunted in his next at-bat.
—Daniel Brown, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
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“Bunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bunt. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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