bunt

🇺🇸 /bʌnt/ 🇬🇧 /bʌnt/
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verb
R

to lightly hit a baseball so it doesn't go far

The player decided to bunt the ball to advance the runner on base.

noun
R

a light hit in baseball that doesn't make the ball go far

The team executed a perfect bunt to move the runner to the next base.

translation

v. to lightly hit a baseball so it doesn't go far
n. a light hit in baseball that doesn't make the ball go far

Word Forms

3rd Present bunts
Progressive bunting
Perfect bunted
Past bunted
Plural bunts