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 smut disease 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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Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
With a runner on third, Rays shortstop Taylor Walls dropped a bunt up the first-base line.
—Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Numerous people came out to park their cars to take pictures of the bunting being placed atop.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Gray rebounded from the full-count single to strike out the next two hitters and then popped off the mound to the third base side to field a bunt sharply.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
With a runner on third, Rays shortstop Taylor Walls dropped a bunt up the first-base line.
—Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Verb
Kiner-Falefa — batting in Bichette’s spot — bunted him to third.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Numerous people came out to park their cars to take pictures of the bunting being placed atop.
—Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Bunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bunt. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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