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• Bunt (baseball) — A Little League baseball player squares around to bunt. A bunt is a special type of offensive technique in baseball or fastpitch softball. In a bunt play, the batter loosely holds the bat in front of the plate and intentionally taps the ball into …   Wikipedia

• Bunt — Bunt, v. t. & i. 1. To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy. [1913 Webster] 2. (Baseball) To bat or tap (the ball) slowly within the infield by meeting it with the bat without swinging at it. [Webster 1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bunt — [bʌnt] v [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: bunt [i] to hit (16 20 centuries), from BUTT2] AmE to deliberately hit the ball a short distance in a game of baseball >bunt n …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Bunt — Bunt, n. A push or shove; a butt; specif. (Baseball), the act of bunting the ball. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• The Shadows — sind eine britische Instrumental Rockband, die mit kürzeren Unterbrechungen seit über 50 Jahren aktiv ist und vor allem in den 1960er Jahren Erfolge zu verzeichnen hatte. The Shadows live on stage 22. April 2005, Esbjerg/Stadionhal, Dänemark… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• bunt — [ bʌnt ] verb intransitive AMERICAN in the game of baseball, to deliberately hit the ball so that it only goes a short distance ╾ bunt noun count …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bunt — bunt1 bunter, n. /bunt/, v.t. 1. (of a goat or calf) to push with the horns or head; butt. 2. Baseball. to bat (a pitched ball) very gently so that it rolls into the infield close to home plate, usually by holding the bat loosely in hands spread… …   Universalium

• bunt — I. /bʌnt/ (say bunt) verb (t) 1. to push (something) with the horns or head. 2. Baseball to bat a ball with a half swing so that the ball rolls slowly in front of the infielders. –verb (i) 3. (of a goat or calf) to push with the horns or head. 4 …  

• bunt — 1. noun a) The 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. b) A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with… …   Wiktionary

• bunt — I [[t]bʌnt[/t]] v. t. 1) (of a goat or calf) to push with the horns or head; butt 2) spo to tap (a pitched baseball) close to home plate, usu. by facing the pitcher and allowing the ball to bounce off the bat 3) anb to push something with the… …   From formal English to slang

• bunt´er — bunt1 «buhnt», verb, noun. –v.i., v.t. 1. to hit (a baseball) lightly so that the ball goes to the ground and rolls only a short distance: »Andy Seminick bunted into a force play (New York Times). 2. to strike with the head or horns, as a goat… …   Useful english dictionary