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Bunt

noun

(baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat.

Disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores. Synonym: stinking smut.

Similar to Tilletia caries. Synonyms: stinking smut, Tilletia foetida.

Fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores. Synonym: Tilletia caries.

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"Bunt" Quotes from Famous Books

... the batters faced the plate, swung valiantly or wildly at balls and essayed bunts. Few hit the ball out and none made a creditable bunt. After their turn at bat they were ordered to the other end of the cage, where they fell over one another trying to stop the balls that were hit. Every few moments the coach would yell for one of them, any one, to take a turn at pitching. Ken noticed that Arthurs gave a sharp ...

— The Young Pitcher • Zane Grey

... me practiced with that goat until he could bunt the picture of a goat every time. We borried a buck beer sign from a saloon man and hung it on the back of a chair, and the goat would hit it every time. That night Pa wanted to know what we were doing up in my room, and I told him we were playing lodge, and improving our minds, and Pa said ...

— Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa - 1883 • George W. Peck

... "sacrifice hit" when the score is close and a player comes to the bat, and, although he would like to make a run, nevertheless, for the sake of the man on the base, he makes a "bunt," so that, while the pitcher or shortstop runs up to get the ball and put him out on first base, the man on the bases may make ...

— Fifty-Two Story Talks To Boys And Girls • Howard J. Chidley

Words linked to "Bunt" : Tilletia, smut fungus, hit, strike, striking, smut, hitting, headbutt, baseball, genus Tilletia, baseball game