# bunt

> English word · Noun · IPA /bʌnt/ · frequency rank #36,058

## Definitions
1. The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
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.
4. The act of bunting.
5. The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
6. The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
7. A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust.

## Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps a nasalised variant of butt.

## Easily confused with
- **but** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunt-vs-but)
- **buy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunt-vs-buy)
- **bus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunt-vs-bus)
- **bur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunt-vs-bur)
- **busy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunt-vs-busy)
- **burn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunt-vs-burn)
- **bush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunt-vs-bush)
- **butt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunt-vs-butt)
- **buzz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunt-vs-buzz)
- **bust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunt-vs-bust)
- **buys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunt-vs-buys)
- **bury** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunt-vs-bury)
- **Burt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunt-vs-burt)
- **burr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunt-vs-burr)
- **buoy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunt-vs-buoy)
- **buss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunt-vs-buss)
- **Burg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunt-vs-burg)
- **burp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunt-vs-burp)
- **bute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunt-vs-bute)
- **burns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bunt-vs-burns)

## Common misspellings (6)
`bbunt`, `bnut`, `bunnt`, `buntt`, `butn`, `ubnt`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bunt