To hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance; SYN. drag, bunt.

ETYM Cf. Swed. bunt bundle, Dan. bundt, German bund, Eng. bundle.
1. The act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat.
2. Fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores; SYN. Tilletia caries.
3. Disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores; SYN. stinking smut.
4. Similar to Tilletia caries; SYN. stinking smut, Tilletia foetida.
5. Kind of fungus attacking wheat; middle of sail or fish-net when slack.
Middle of sail, fish-net or cloth when slack.