1. (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball or softball lightly by holding the bat in a stationary position rather than swinging it
   "His well-placed bunt advanced the runner to second base"
    
2. Fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
   "The wheat field was infected with bunt, ruining the entire crop";
   - Tilletia caries
    
3. Disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
   "The wheat field was infected with bunt, producing a foul odour";
   - stinking smut
    
4. Similar to Tilletia caries
   "bunt caused significant losses in the wheat harvest";
   - stinking smut, Tilletia foetida

1. (baseball) hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
   "The speedy runner dragged a bunt down the first base line";
   - drag a bunt
    
2. To strike, thrust or shove against
   "He bunted his sister out of the way";
   - butt

Derived forms: bunts, bunting, bunted

See also: bump into

Type of: hit, hitting, smut, smut fungus, strike, striking

Part of: genus Tilletia, Tilletia

Encyclopedia: Bunt,caste