bunt

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 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. 2
   A push or shove; a butt.
3. 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. 4
   The act of bunting.
5. 5
   The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
6. 6
   The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight: 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.
7. 7
   A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust.

Verb

1. 1
   To push with the horns; to butt.
2. 2
   To spring or rear up.
3. 3
   To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
4. 4
   To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.
5. 5
   To perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
6. 6
   To swell out.
7. 7
   To headbutt affectionately.

Proper noun

1. 1
   A surname.