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bunted

The correct spelling is bunted.

How to pronounce bunted

verb

Say it like: Bun-ted

The correct spelling is bunted. To push with the horns; to butt. For example: "Jones bunted the ball."

Usage Examples

Jones bunted the ball.

Jones bunted.

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.

Definition

verb

  1. 1.To push with the horns; to butt.
  2. 2.To spring or rear up.
  3. 3.To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
  4. 4.To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
  5. 5.To perform (the second half of) an outside loop.

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