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Topic: BASEBALL

Date: 1800-1900
Origin: bunt 'to hit' (16-20 centuries), from BUTT2

bunt

 verb
     
bunt [intransitive]
American EnglishDSB to deliberately hit the ball a short distance in a game of baseball
—bunt noun [countable]
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