bunt : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bunt	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for bunt
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bunt n (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores Synonym(s): bunt, stinking smut similar to Tilletia caries Synonym(s): bunt, stinking smut, Tilletia foetida fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores Synonym(s): bunt, Tilletia caries v hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance Synonym(s): bunt, drag a bunt to strike, thrust or shove against; "He butted his sister out of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns" Synonym(s): butt, bunt
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bunt \Bunt\, n. A push or shove; a butt; specif. (Baseball), the act of bunting the ball.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bunt \Bunt\, v. t. & i. (Baseball) To bat or tap (the ball) slowly within the infield by meeting it with the bat without swinging at it.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bunt \Bunt\, n. (Bot.) A fungus ({Ustilago f[d2]tida}) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bunt \Bunt\, n. [Cf. Sw. bunt bundle, Dan. bundt, G. bund, E. bundle.] (Naut.) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. --Totten.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bunt \Bunt\, v. i. (Naut.) To swell out; as, the sail bunts.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bunt \Bunt\, v. t. & i. To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy.