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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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
With the score 2-2, Daz Cameron’s bunt single to start the 12th sent Gelof, the automatic runner, to third.
—Staff and Wire Reports, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2024
Daniel Brown, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
In the field, the Yankees also could try to stress Freeman in a way the Padres and New York Mets didn’t, by bunting to him and forcing him to be more involved defensively.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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Noun
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
With the score 2-2, Daz Cameron’s bunt single to start the 12th sent Gelof, the automatic runner, to third.
—Staff and Wire Reports, The Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2024
Verb
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
In the field, the Yankees also could try to stress Freeman in a way the Padres and New York Mets didn’t, by bunting to him and forcing him to be more involved defensively.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Bunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bunt. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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