Bunts meaning : The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. A push or shove; a butt. 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 act of bunting. The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight. A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust; pepperbrand. To push with the horns; to butt. To spring or rear up. To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance. To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance. To perform (the second half of) an outside loop. To swell out. (of a cat) To headbutt affectionately.