bunt

Noun
  1. (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat (synset 100129297)
    referred to in: ball, baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
    is a type of: hit, hitting, striking - the act of contacting one thing with another
  2. Disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores (synset 114307528)
    is a type of: smut - destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
    same as: stinking smut
  3. Similar to Tilletia caries (synset 113089194)
    is a type of: smut, smut fungus - any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
    belongs to: genus tilletia, tilletia - a genus of fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae
    same as: stinking smut, tilletia foetida
  4. Fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores (synset 113089015)
    is a type of: smut, smut fungus - any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
    belongs to: genus tilletia, tilletia - a genus of fungi belonging to the family Tilletiaceae
    same as: tilletia caries
Verb
  1. Hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance (synset 201410951)
    referred to in: ball, baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
    is a type of: hit - cause to move by striking
    same as: drag a bunt
  2. To strike, thrust or shove against (synset 201238333)
    "He butted his sister out of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns"
    is a type of: strike - deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
    subtypes: headbutt - butt with the head
    same as: butt

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