Synonyms for bunt

Synonyms for (noun) bunt

Synonyms: bunt

Definition: (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat

Similar words: hit, hitting, striking

Definition: the act of contacting one thing with another

Usage: repeated hitting raised a large bruise; after three misses she finally got a hit


Synonyms: Tilletia caries, bunt

Definition: fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores

Similar words: smut, smut fungus

Definition: any fungus of the order Ustilaginales


Synonyms: bunt, Tilletia foetida, stinking smut

Definition: similar to Tilletia caries

Similar words: smut, smut fungus

Definition: any fungus of the order Ustilaginales


Synonyms: stinking smut, bunt

Definition: disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores

Similar words: smut

Definition: destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores


Synonyms for (verb) bunt

Synonyms: butt, bunt

Definition: to strike, thrust or shove against

Usage: He butted his sister out of the way; The goat butted the hiker with his horns

Similar words: strike

Definition: deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon

Usage: The teacher struck the child; the opponent refused to strike; The boxer struck the attacker dead


Synonyms: drag a bunt, bunt

Definition: hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance

Similar words: hit

Definition: cause to move by striking

Usage: hit a ball


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