bunts

Noun

bunt (countable and uncountable, 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. A push or shove; a butt.
3. 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.
4. The act of bunting.
   • The manager will likely call for a bunt here.
5. The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
   1. (broadly) Any large pilot-commanded pitch-down motion of an aircraft, often producing negative G-forces and resulting in a large negative change in flightpath angle.

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