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Definition of "bunt" []

  • Baseball To bat (a pitched ball) by tapping it lightly so that the ball rolls slowly in front of the infielders. (verb-transitive)
  • Baseball To cause (a base runner) to advance or (a run) to score by bunting. (verb-transitive)
  • To push or strike with or as if with the head; butt. (verb-transitive)
  • Baseball To bunt a pitched ball: The batter squared away to bunt. (verb-intransitive)
  • To butt. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "bunt" in a sentence
  • "The 26-year-old American hit what he called a "bunt drive" that went 310 yards on the 17th, leaving him a wedge into 2 feet."
  • "Johnson hit what he called a "bunt drive" some 310 yards on the 17th and hit wedge to 2 feet for the last of his eight birdies."
  • ""The bunt is what I do, that's what I'm good at," Womack said."