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- Dictionarybunt/bʌnt/
verb
- 1. (of a batter) gently tap (a pitched ball) without swinging in an attempt to make it more difficult to field: "he tried to bunt the ball down the first baseline"
- 2. push or butt: "Gary bunted her with his head"
noun
- 1. an act or result of bunting a pitched ball.
- 2. an act of flying an aircraft in part of an outside loop.
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The meaning of BUNT is the middle part of a square sail. How to use bunt in a sentence. the middle part of a square sail; the part of a furled sail gathered up in a bunch at the center of the yard; the bagging part of a fishing net…
BUNT definition: 1. in baseball, to deliberately hit the ball very gently by holding the bat in front of you and…. Learn more.
noun [ C ] us / bʌnt / uk / bʌnt / in baseball, a very gentle hit that does not send the ball far: I attempted a bunt to advance the runners. He laid down a bunt toward third base. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of bunt from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
A bunt is a batting technique in baseball or fastpitch softball. Official Baseball Rules define a bunt as follows: "A bunt is a batted ball not swung at, but intentionally met with the bat and tapped slowly within the infield." To bunt, the batter loosely holds the bat in front of home plate and intentionally taps the ball into play.
Bunt definition: to bat (a pitched ball) very gently so that it rolls into the infield close to home plate, usually by holding the bat loosely in hands spread apart and allowing the ball to bounce off it.. See examples of BUNT used in a sentence.
6 meanings: 1. (of an animal) to butt (something) with the head or horns 2. to cause (an aircraft) to fly in part of an.... Click for more definitions.
To bunt is to hit a baseball in a deliberately light way, without swinging. Some players bunt so that another runner can get from second to third base. The bunt is a rarely-used technique in baseball.
a. To bat (a pitched ball) by tapping it lightly so that the ball rolls slowly in front of the infielders. b. To cause (a base runner) to advance or (a run) to score by bunting. 2. To push or strike with or as if with the head; butt. v.intr. 1. Baseball To bunt a pitched ball: The batter squared away to bunt.
Definition of bunt verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
BUNT meaning: to hit a baseball lightly with the bat so that the ball rolls only for a short distance
