bunt
/bʌnt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.82 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A 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.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "The bunt of the sail was green."
- "The bunt was fielded cleanly."
- "The manager will likely call for a bunt here."
- "Jones bunted the ball."
- "Jones bunted."
- "We had heard that there was an elite group of three or four pilots in Jodhpur called the “Bunt Club”, who had successfully bunted their aircraft—that is, carried out the second half of an outside loop. In the Bunt, you pushed the nose down, past the vertical and still further, until you were in horizontal inverted flight, and came out on the other side and rolled it out."