Synonyms for bunt

Grammar : Verb

Spell : buhnt

Phonetic Transcription : bʌnt

Définition of bunt

Origin : 1825, "to strike with the head or horns," perhaps an alteration of butt (v.) with a goat in mind, or a survival from Middle English bounten "to return." As a baseball term from 1889. Related: Bunted; bunting.

verb hit half-heartedly

Example sentences :

The name is from German, bunt, meaning variegated or gay colored.
Extract from : « Textiles » by William H. Dooley

And if you say that again, I'll bunt you up against the wall.
Extract from : « Margaret Montfort » by Laura E. Richards

The men on the yard who gather in the bunt when furling sails.
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

Also, of the man who comes down a stay, &c., to tar it; or foots the bunt in.
Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth

Frank believed Mertez would try to bunt, and he kept the ball high.
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Son » by Burt L. Standish

Martin at the bunt stood on the truss and clutched the chain sling.
Extract from : « The Viking Blood » by Frederick William Wallace

Well, I hope you will be successful in your bunt; and so, good-bye till tomorrow.
Extract from : « Stronghand » by Gustave Aimard

Then followed a bunt, and while Dan Baxter fumbled with the ball Jack got to first.
Extract from : « The Putnam Hall Rivals » by Arthur M. Winfield

Stock followed with a bunt that Denton slipped down on as he ran in for it.
Extract from : « Baseball Joe in the World Series » by Lester Chadwick

Now Bossy liked to bunt, too; so when the ran at her she put her down and ran at him!
Extract from : « Mary's Little Lamb » by Edith Francis Foster

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