Dictionary Entry
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.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 9 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A fungus (Ustilago foetida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.
- 2noun
The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
- 3intransitive verb
To swell out; as, the sail bunts.
- 4transitive/intransitive verb
To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy.
- 5noun
(baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat
- 6noun
fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
- 7noun
similar to Tilletia caries
- 8noun
disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
- 9verb
to strike, thrust or shove against
"He butted his sister out of the way"
"The goat butted the hiker with his horns"
Synonyms
- 10verb
hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
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