bunt

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|nautical}} The middle part, cavity, or belly of a [[sail]]; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the [[yard]].
2. A [[push]] or [[shove]]; a [[butt]].
3. {{lb|en|baseball|softball}} 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.
4. {{lb|en|baseball|softball}} The act of bunting.
5. {{lb|en|aviation}} The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to [[inverted]] flight.
6. {{lb|en|countable|uncountable}} A [[fungus]] ({{taxlink|Ustilago foetida|species}}) affecting the [[ear]] of [[cereal]]s, filling the [[grain]]s with a foetid dust.

Verb

1. To push with the horns; to [[butt]].
2. To [[spring]] or rear up.
3. {{lb|en|transitive|baseball}} To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
4. {{lb|en|intransitive|baseball}} To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
5. {{lb|en|intransitive|aviation}} To perform (the second half of) an [[outside loop]].
6. {{lb|en|intransitive|nautical}} To swell out.
7. {{lb|en|rare|of a cat}} To [[headbutt]] [[affectionately]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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