"bunt" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bunt.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bunts [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌnt Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps a nasalised variant of butt. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{m|en|butt}} butt Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bunt (countable and uncountable, plural bunts)
  1. (nautical) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Nautical Coordinate_terms (specific part of a sail): clew
    Sense id: en-bunt-en-noun-vfHBNnWn Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'specific part of a sail': 100 0 0 0 0 0
  2. A push or shove; a butt. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-bunt-en-noun-sfK2qBe5
  3. (baseball, softball) A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Baseball, Softball Translations (baseball: ball intentionally hit softly): toc [masculine] (Catalan), amorti [masculine] (French), バント (banto) (Japanese), 번트 (beonteu) (Korean), toque (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bunt-en-noun-g1n5oun7 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, softball, sports Disambiguation of 'baseball: ball intentionally hit softly': 3 0 57 20 14 5
  4. (baseball, softball) The act of bunting. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Baseball, Softball
    Sense id: en-bunt-en-noun-yazViYNw Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, softball, sports
  5. (aviation) The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Aviation, Fungal diseases Categories (lifeform): Fungi
    Sense id: en-bunt-en-noun-kFuJfSZi Disambiguation of Fungal diseases: 5 3 5 6 12 10 4 14 7 7 14 6 8 Disambiguation of Fungi: 5 1 6 6 18 20 0 11 5 5 15 2 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 1 5 5 19 8 1 18 6 6 15 4 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 1 4 4 18 15 1 15 5 5 15 4 7 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  6. (countable, uncountable) A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Fungi Synonyms: pepperbrand
    Sense id: en-bunt-en-noun-llwZSbi2 Disambiguation of Fungi: 5 1 6 6 18 20 0 11 5 5 15 2 6 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 1 4 4 18 15 1 15 5 5 15 4 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: drag bunt, English bunt, push bunt, sac bunt Coordinate_terms: sacrifice bunt [baseball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle, softball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle], slash bunt [baseball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle, softball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle], swinging bunt [baseball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle, softball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle], squeeze [baseball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle, softball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle], safety squeeze [baseball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle, softball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle], suicide squeeze [baseball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle, softball, ball-games, games, sports, hobbies, lifestyle]

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bunt.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bunts [present, singular, third-person], bunting [participle, present], bunted [participle, past], bunted [past]
Rhymes: -ʌnt Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps a nasalised variant of butt. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{m|en|butt}} butt Head templates: {{en-verb}} bunt (third-person singular simple present bunts, present participle bunting, simple past and past participle bunted)
  1. To push with the horns; to butt.
    Sense id: en-bunt-en-verb-zoqbcuj2
  2. To spring or rear up. Categories (topical): Fungal diseases Categories (lifeform): Fungi
    Sense id: en-bunt-en-verb-Gv47BYzL Disambiguation of Fungal diseases: 5 3 5 6 12 10 4 14 7 7 14 6 8 Disambiguation of Fungi: 5 1 6 6 18 20 0 11 5 5 15 2 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 1 5 5 19 8 1 18 6 6 15 4 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 1 4 4 18 15 1 15 5 5 15 4 7
  3. (transitive, baseball) To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-bunt-en-verb-xxfA5Xrm Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  4. (intransitive, baseball) To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-bunt-en-verb-PFzIoU1e Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  5. (intransitive, aviation) To perform (the second half of) an outside loop. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Aviation, Fungal diseases Categories (lifeform): Fungi
    Sense id: en-bunt-en-verb-OI4WAns6 Disambiguation of Fungal diseases: 5 3 5 6 12 10 4 14 7 7 14 6 8 Disambiguation of Fungi: 5 1 6 6 18 20 0 11 5 5 15 2 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 1 5 5 19 8 1 18 6 6 15 4 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 1 4 4 18 15 1 15 5 5 15 4 7 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  6. (intransitive, nautical) To swell out. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-bunt-en-verb-QPYftx9C Topics: nautical, transport
  7. (rare, of a cat) To headbutt affectionately. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-bunt-en-verb-W-8gvmPt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bunting Translations (baseball): smorzare (Italian), 번트하다 (beonteuhada) (Korean), toque [masculine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'baseball': 1 0 39 39 14 1 6

Inflected forms

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          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, nautical) To swell out."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:bunt."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To headbutt affectionately."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "headbutt",
          "headbutt"
        ],
        [
          "affectionately",
          "affectionately"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, of a cat) To headbutt affectionately."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a cat",
        "of a cat"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌnt"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "baseball",
      "word": "smorzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "beonteuhada",
      "sense": "baseball",
      "word": "번트하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "baseball",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "toque"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bunt"
}

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