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English

Pronunciation
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�nt|-�nt

Noun
bunt

1. 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.

1. baseball A ball that has been intentionally hit softly, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.

#: The bunt was fielded cleanly.

1. baseball The act of bunting

#: The manager will likely call for a bunt here.

1. aviation The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.

Transitive verb
bunt

1. baseball to intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance

#: Jones bunted the ball.

Intransitive verb
bunt

1. baseball to intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance

#: Jones bunted.

1. aviation to perform (the second half of) an outside loop.

#: 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.

German

Adjective
bunt

1. variegated
2. multi-colored, colorful

Category:German adjectives

Polish

Noun
bunt m (plural bunty)

1. revolt, rebellion

Category:Polish nouns

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