sacrifice bunt

noun

variants or less commonly sacrifice hit

plural sacrifice bunts also sacrifice hits

: a bunt in baseball that allows a runner to advance one base while the batter is put out

Examples of sacrifice bunt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Díaz followed with a sacrifice bunt that sent another run home to tie it at 3-all. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026

Emotions ran high in the sixth inning when first baseman Willson Contreras and DH Masataka Yoshida opened with back-to-back singles and advanced to third and second, respectively on Durbin’s sacrifice bunt. — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 31 July 2026

Luis Rengifo’s sacrifice bunt moved France and Merrill up 90 feet. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2026

With no outs and the Royals’ Josh Rojas on first in the bottom of the ninth, the Royals’ Tyler Tolbert laid down a sacrifice bunt that rolled right in front of home plate. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 21 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sacrifice bunt

• affront
• confront
• exeunt
• forefront
• lakefront
• manhunt
• sederunt
• upfront
• battlefront
• oceanfront
• riverfront
• waterfront