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Bunt

Noun

Définitions

1.NounThe middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
"The bunt of the sail was green."
2.NounA push or shove; a butt.
3.NounA ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.
"The bunt was fielded cleanly."
4.NounThe act of bunting.
"The manager will likely call for a bunt here."
5.NounThe second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight. Any large pilot-commanded pitch-down motion of an aircraft, often producing negative G-forces and resulting in a large negative change in flightpath angle.
6.NounAny large pilot-commanded pitch-down motion of an aircraft, often producing negative G-forces and resulting in a large negative change in flightpath angle.
7.NounA fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust.
8.VerbTo push with the horns; to butt.
9.VerbTo spring or rear up.
10.VerbTo intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
"Jones bunted the ball."
11.VerbTo intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
"Jones bunted."
12.VerbTo perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
13.VerbTo swell out.
"The sail bunts."
14.VerbTo headbutt affectionately.
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