drag bunt

noun

: a bunt in baseball made by a left-handed batter by trailing the bat while moving toward first base

broadly : a bunt made with the object of getting on base safely rather than sacrificing

Examples of drag bunt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For others, there was bunting for base hits, push bunts and drag bunts. —C. Trent Rosecrans, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025

Then, after laying down a drag bunt along the first base line, Randle retaliated, deliberately running off the base path to knock Wilcox down, sparking a brawl. —Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025

Manaea got two quick outs before Garrett Stubbs legged out a single on a drag bunt. —Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024

The double and the first-to-third on the wild pitch, and the drag bunt. —Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 31 May 2024

Jurickson Profar attempted a drag bunt before pulling his bat back and taking the first pitch for a ball. —Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024

Davalillo, batting for Steve Yeager, came to the plate and, with the infield playing deep, laid down a perfect drag bunt for a single. —Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023

Josiah Cromwick started the rally with a drag bunt and Anson Aroz followed with an RBI single. —oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023

Jake McCarthy tapped a drag bunt toward first base. —Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for drag bunt

• affront
• confront
• exeunt
• forefront
• lakefront
• manhunt
• sederunt
• battlefront
• oceanfront
• riverfront
• waterfront
• blunt