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bunt.

The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/bʌnt//bʊnt/Northern-England
  1. The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.

    countable · uncountable
    The bunt of the sail was green.
  2. A push or shove; a butt.

    countable · uncountable
  3. 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.

    countable · uncountable
    The bunt was fielded cleanly.
  4. The act of bunting.

    countable · uncountable
    The manager will likely call for a bunt here.
  5. The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.

    countable · uncountable
  6. The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight. Any large pilot-commanded pitch-down motion of an aircraft, often producing negative G-forces and resulting in a large negative change in flightpath angle.

    broadly · countable · uncountable
  7. A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Unknown. Perhaps a nasalised variant of butt.

verb/bʌnt//bʊnt/Northern-England
  1. To push with the horns; to butt.

  2. To spring or rear up.

  3. To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.

    transitive
    Jones bunted the ball.
  4. To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.

    intransitive
    Jones bunted.
  5. To perform (the second half of) an outside loop.

    intransitive
  6. To swell out.

    intransitive
    The sail bunts.
  7. To headbutt affectionately.

    rare
Where this word comes from

Unknown. Perhaps a nasalised variant of butt.

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