bunt

Meanings

1. 1
   noun The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
2. 2
   noun A push or shove; a butt.
3. 3
   noun 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.
4. 4
   noun The act of bunting.
5. 5
   noun The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
6. 6
   noun A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust; pepperbrand.
7. 7
   verb To push with the horns; to butt.
8. 8
   verb To spring or rear up.
9. 9
   verb To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
10. 10
    verb To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
11. 11
    verb To perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
12. 12
    verb To swell out.
13. 13
    verb (of a cat) To headbutt affectionately.