From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbuntbunt /bʌnt/ verb [intransitive] American EnglishDSB to deliberately hit the ball a short distance in a game of baseball —bunt noun [countable]→ See Verb table
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bunt• I hear one brief song of the indigo bunting. 3: 07-3: 12 PMIt is overcast.• Democratic columnist Mark Shields offers the same description but with crepe bunting.• Hotels were draped with patriotic bunting.• This is like sending Barry Bonds to the plate with the game on the line and having him bunt.• First pitch of the split-squad game with the Giants: a Marvin Benard bunt that Brosius charged hard.• Saw an indigo bunting the other day.• In a month the indigo bunting will sing and build its nest in the brambles.Origin bunt (1800-1900) bunt “to hit” ((16-20 centuries)), from → BUTT2 