Definition of "bunt"

bunt

noun
countable and uncountable, plural bunts
1. (nautical) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
2. A push or shove; a butt.
3. (baseball, softball) A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.
4. (baseball, softball) The act of bunting.
5. (aviation) The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
6. (countable, uncountable) A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust.
verb
third-person singular simple present bunts, present participle bunting, simple past and past participle bunted
1. To push with the horns; to butt.
2. To spring or rear up.
3. (transitive, baseball) To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
4. (intransitive, baseball) To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
5. (intransitive, aviation) To perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
6. (intransitive, nautical) To swell out.
7. (rare, of a cat) To headbutt affectionately.