bunt
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++bunt /bʌnt/ verb [intransitive] American EnglishDSB to deliberately hit the ball a short distance in a game of baseball 〔棒球比赛中〕短打，触击 —bunt noun [countable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
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 → BUTT2bunt verbChinese
ball hit short the to deliberately a Corpus
bunt
bunt /bʌnt/
verb [intransitive]American English to deliberately hit the ball a short distance in a game of baseball
—bunt noun [countable]
bunt /bʌnt/
verb [intransitive]American English to deliberately hit the ball a short distance in a game of baseball—bunt noun [countable]