bunt
bunt is a 4-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive/intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.
- noun. The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
- intransitive verb. To swell out; as, the sail bunts.
- transitive/intransitive verb. To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy.
- noun. (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat
- noun. fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
- noun. similar to Tilletia caries
- noun. disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
- verb. to strike, thrust or shove against
"He butted his sister out of the way"
"The goat butted the hiker with his horns"
- verb. hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
Synonyms
Common word forms
bunts, buntal, bunted, bunter, bunting
Words from these letters
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