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