bunt

nouns

(baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat
bunt
domain category
a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
"he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
baseball, baseball game
is a type of (narrower)
the act of contacting one thing with another
"repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
hit, hitting, striking
disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
bunt, stinking smut
similar to Tilletia caries
Tilletia foetida, bunt, stinking smut
fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
Tilletia caries, bunt

verbs

hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
bunt, drag a bunt
is derived from
bunter
to strike, thrust or shove against
"He butted his sister out of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns"
bunt, butt