bunt

En español: toque

1. The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. (countable, uncountable) · The bunt of the sail was green.
2. A push or shove; a butt. (countable, uncountable)
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. (countable, uncountable) · The bunt was fielded cleanly.
4. The act of bunting. (countable, uncountable) · The manager will likely call for a bunt here.
5. The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight. (countable, uncountable)
6. Any large pilot-commanded pitch-down motion of an aircraft, often producing negative G-forces and resulting in a large negative change in flightpath angle. (countable, uncountable)
7. A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust. (countable, uncountable)

Plural bunts