| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  b nt |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: bunt·ed, bunt·ing, bunts
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. Baseball a. To bat (a pitched ball) by tapping it lightly so that the ball rolls slowly in front of the infielders. b. To cause (a base runner) to advance or (a run) to score by bunting. 2. To push or strike with or as if with the head; butt. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. Baseball To bunt a pitched ball: The batter squared away to bunt. 2. To butt. | | NOUN: | 1. Baseball a. The act of bunting. b. A bunted ball. 2. A butt with or as if with the head. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Dialectal, to push, strike. | | OTHER FORMS: | bunt er —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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