Bunt
Bunt (bunt) , noun
(Botany) A fungus (Ustilago fotida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.
Bunt , noun
[Compare Swedish bunt bundle, Danish bundt, German bund, English bundle.]
(Nautical) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. — Totten
Bunt , noun
(Baseball) A push or shove; a butt;
(Baseball) the act of bunting the ball.
Bunt , intransitive verb
(Nautical) To swell out; as, the sail bunts.
Bunt , verb, transitive and intransitive
1.
To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy.
2.
(Baseball) To bat or tap (the ball) slowly within the infield by meeting it with the bat without swinging at it.