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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Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2025
Colorado loaded the bases on a walk by Doyle and a bunt single by Mickey Moniak, giving it a chance for a big inning.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 27 May 2025
Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2025
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
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Noun
But his apparent bunt single was overturned on review.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2025
Colorado loaded the bases on a walk by Doyle and a bunt single by Mickey Moniak, giving it a chance for a big inning.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 27 May 2025
Verb
My thought as Iglesias stood in: don’t give a struggling pitcher an easy out by bunting.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2025
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
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“Bunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bunt. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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