bunt

verb

Definition of buntnext
as in to stroke

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Recent Examples of bunt Josh Lowe failed to get a bunt down, striking out when trying to bunt with two strikes. — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2026 If a player squares around to bunt, they’re ejected from the game. — Idaho Statesman, 27 July 2026 There could be more of a gripe with the pitch Merrill chose to bunt on. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2026 Eddie Ritchie bunted Harvey to second, and pinch-hitter Brody Alves connected for an RBI single off Lonardo to reclaim the lead. — Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for bunt
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bunt
  1. stroke
  2. batter
  3. tap
  4. flick
  5. push
  6. shove
  7. jab
  8. butt
Verb
  • White stroked a 3-pointer and waved his arms over his head to the crowd.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The young woman on the left strokes her hair and tells her not to be nervous.
    — Anna Griffin, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of stroke
Verb
  • Southern California coastal communities were subject to record-breaking high tides on Monday, and an even more powerful surf battered the region on Tuesday, causing widespread flooding and damage.
    — Alys Martinez, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Something like that happened during the historic storm of late January 1983, which occurred during one of the strongest El Niños on record and battered the coast up and down California, damaging many piers.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of batter
Verb
  • Earlier this year, the Big 12 also partnered with a private equity firm to create a credit facility for schools to tap.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • But after all this time, Apple is expected to give in to the growing demand to let people tap and swipe at a MacBook screen.
    — Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of tap
Verb
  • Yandy Díaz, their lead-off hitter, flicked an opposite-field fly ball to the warning track, just barely missing a home run.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Instamall plans to keep adding brands, but it is already hooked into the inventory systems of its existing partners, so expanding the service to new cities could be as easy as flicking a switch.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of flick
Verb
  • The Heat continued that surge in the third quarter, opening the second half on a 30-14 run to push its lead up to 23 points before entering the fourth quarter with a 21-point advantage.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2026
  • James, always an exacting rhythmic engineer, was now dividing the beat into fragments tiny enough to push at the very edge of rhythm itself.
    — Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of push
Verb
  • The acrobatic routine rushed to a conclusion with Johnson grabbing Shum and ripping off his tie, sending the actor crashing to the ground, convulsing, as each attempt to get up was met by his partner repeatedly shoving him down with her foot.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 28 Oct. 2026
  • On one April night outside the castle, several picketers were struck by a patron’s car, and a few others were shoved by the passenger who got out of the vehicle, according to video footage later aired by Fox 11 Los Angeles.
    — Alessandra Schade, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of shove
Verb
  • The film’s pick-me jabs at humor are frankly, flatly unfunny and grating, twisting the film at times into a perverse, almost self-aware treatise on tweeness.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Rainbow continued to jab the secretary of health as his primary opposition throughout the parody of the Frank Loesser song.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of jab
Verb
  • Police claim Rodriguez then went on to head butt an officer while being arrested, according to the records.
    — Harry Harris, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Levi’s Baggy Dad Jeans were the first pair that were actually loose and didn’t hug my thighs and butt too much.
    — Tessa Petak, InStyle, 23 June 2026
Definition of butt

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