1
a
: the middle part of a square sail
b
: the part of a furled sail gathered up in a bunch at the center of the yard
2
: the bagging part of a fishing net
bunted; bunting; bunts
1
: to strike or push with or as if with the head : butt
2
: to push or tap (a baseball) lightly with a bat without swinging
: to bunt a baseball
bunter
noun
: a destructive covered smut of wheat caused by a fungus (genus Tilletia)
Examples of bunt in a Sentence
Verb
The batter bunted for a single.
He bunted the ball toward third base.
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Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 11 May 2025
Connor Wong led off the seventh with a key bunt single and Ceddanne Rafaela added a single to left.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 8 May 2025
Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
Iglesias bunted the first pitch, which would’ve been ball one.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Arkansas loaded the bases when on a bunt single by Ryder Helfrick to lead off the inning, a 4-pitch walk by Reese Robinett and a 1-out single by Charles Davalan.
—Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 11 May 2025
Connor Wong led off the seventh with a key bunt single and Ceddanne Rafaela added a single to left.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 8 May 2025
Verb
The Dodgers’ Andy Pages walked to open the bottom of the 10th, and Enrique Hernandez bunted automatic runner Michael Conforto to third and Pages to second.
—Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2025
Iglesias bunted the first pitch, which would’ve been ball one.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Bunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bunt. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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