bunt

See also búnt

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌnt

Noun

bunt (plural bunts)

1. The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.

   The bunt of the sail was green.

2. (baseball, softball) A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.

   The bunt was fielded cleanly.

3. (baseball, softball) The act of bunting

   The manager will likely call for a bunt here.

4. (aviation) The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.

Translations

baseball: ball intentionally hit softly

• French: amorti (fr) m
• Japanese: バント (ja) (banto)

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See also

• Bunt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

bunt (third-person singular simple present bunts, present participle bunting, simple past and past participle bunted)

1. (transitive, baseball) to intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance

   Jones bunted the ball.

2. (intransitive, baseball) to intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance

   Jones bunted.

3. (intransitive, aviation) to perform (the second half of) an outside loop.

   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.

4. (intransitive, nautical) To swell out.

   The sail bunts.

Translations

baseball

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German bunt. Cognate with Dutch bont.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [bʊnt]
• Homophone: Bund

Adjective

bunt (comparative bunter, superlative am buntesten)

1. variegated
2. multi-colored, colorful

Declension

positive forms of bunt

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist bunt	sie ist bunt	es ist bunt	sie sind bunt
strong declension (without article)	nominative	bunter	bunte	buntes	bunte
	genitive	bunten	bunter	bunten	bunter
	dative	buntem	bunter	buntem	bunten
	accusative	bunten	bunte	buntes	bunte
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der bunte	die bunte	das bunte	die bunten
	genitive	des bunten	der bunten	des bunten	der bunten
	dative	dem bunten	der bunten	dem bunten	den bunten
	accusative	den bunten	die bunte	das bunte	die bunten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein bunter	eine bunte	ein buntes	(keine) bunten
	genitive	eines bunten	einer bunten	eines bunten	(keiner) bunten
	dative	einem bunten	einer bunten	einem bunten	(keinen) bunten
	accusative	einen bunten	eine bunte	ein buntes	(keine) bunten

comparative forms of bunt

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist bunter	sie ist bunter	es ist bunter	sie sind bunter
strong declension (without article)	nominative	bunterer	buntere	bunteres	buntere
	genitive	bunteren	bunterer	bunteren	bunterer
	dative	bunterem	bunterer	bunterem	bunteren
	accusative	bunteren	buntere	bunteres	buntere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der buntere	die buntere	das buntere	die bunteren
	genitive	des bunteren	der bunteren	des bunteren	der bunteren
	dative	dem bunteren	der bunteren	dem bunteren	den bunteren
	accusative	den bunteren	die buntere	das buntere	die bunteren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein bunterer	eine buntere	ein bunteres	(keine) bunteren
	genitive	eines bunteren	einer bunteren	eines bunteren	(keiner) bunteren
	dative	einem bunteren	einer bunteren	einem bunteren	(keinen) bunteren
	accusative	einen bunteren	eine buntere	ein bunteres	(keine) bunteren

superlative forms of bunt

gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist am buntesten	sie ist am buntesten	es ist am buntesten	sie sind am buntesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	buntester	bunteste	buntestes	bunteste
	genitive	buntesten	buntester	buntesten	buntester
	dative	buntestem	buntester	buntestem	buntesten
	accusative	buntesten	bunteste	buntestes	bunteste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der bunteste	die bunteste	das bunteste	die buntesten
	genitive	des buntesten	der buntesten	des buntesten	der buntesten
	dative	dem buntesten	der buntesten	dem buntesten	den buntesten
	accusative	den buntesten	die bunteste	das bunteste	die buntesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein buntester	eine bunteste	ein buntestes	(keine) buntesten
	genitive	eines buntesten	einer buntesten	eines buntesten	(keiner) buntesten
	dative	einem buntesten	einer buntesten	einem buntesten	(keinen) buntesten
	accusative	einen buntesten	eine bunteste	ein buntestes	(keine) buntesten

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Polish

Etymology

From German Bund

Pronunciation

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Noun

bunt m

1. revolt, rebellion

Declension

    declension of bunt

	singular	plural
nominative	bunt	bunty
genitive	buntu	buntów
dative	buntowi	buntom
accusative	bunt	bunty
instrumental	buntem	buntami
locative	buncie	buntach
vocative	buncie	bunty