bunt

Stationary bat hit

Bunt has two main clusters of meaning.

In baseball, to bunt is to tap the ball lightly with the bat rather than swing fully, producing a short hit meant to advance a runner: He bunted the ball down the third-base line.

The noun is the hit itself.

Separately, bunt refers to the middle, baggy part of a sail or fishing net, or a fungal disease affecting wheat.

To bunt with the head—like a goat butting—is related to this second word.

disease

smut

Lewd content or soot

fungusSpore-bearing organism
sporesAsexual reproductive bodies
infectionPathogen invasion causing illness

wheat · barley · grain · cereal · crop · pathogen · blight · agriculture · mildew · mycology

baseball

squeeze

Firm bilateral compression

sacrificeGiving up something precious
infieldBaseball's inner diamond
batterUncooked cake mixture

pitcher · plate · bat · drag · push · ball · foul · baseline · runner · advance

headbutt

ram

Adult male sheep

goatHorned, bearded livestock
pushForce something away
shovePush with force

thrust · head · horn · charge · knock · collision · forehead · impact · strike · jolt

sailing

mainsail

Principal vessel canvas

spinnakerDownwind sailing sail
jibTriangular sail forward
bellyFront midsection

billow · canvas · sheet · clew · reef · tack · yacht · regatta · keel · helm

bunt

smut

squeeze

ram

mainsail

bunt

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