bunt

to strike, thrust or shove against

to hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance, typically in baseball

(baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat

fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores

similar to Tilletia caries

disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores