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Bunted vs Munted - What's the difference?

bunted | munted |

As a verb bunted

is (bunt).

As an adjective munted is

(british|slang) drunk.

bunted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (bunt)

    • bunt

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.
    • The bunt of the sail was green.
  • (baseball, softball) 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 bunt was fielded cleanly.
  • (baseball, softball) The act of bunting
    • The manager will likely call for a bunt here.
  • (aviation) 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.

    • See also

    * ("bunt" on Wikipedia)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (baseball) to intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance
    • Jones bunted the ball.
  • (baseball) to intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance
    • Jones bunted .
  • (aviation) to perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
    • We had heard that there was an elite group of three or four pilots in Jodhpur called the "Bunt Club", who had successfully bunted their aircraft - that is, carried out the second half of an outside loop. In the Bunt, you pushed the nose down, past the vertical and still further, until you were in horizontal inverted flight, and came out on the other side and rolled it out.
  • (nautical) To swell out.
    • The sail bunts .
  • (rare, of a cat) To headbutt affectionately.

    • munted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (British, slang) Drunk.
  • * 2008 , Robert Merrick, Guilt-Edged Seduction
    • ...he might even, if it was okay with Roly, bring a couple of cans of lager to drink: "Only two though, I don't wanna get munted and useless..."
  • * 2008 , Dave Franklin, English Toss on Planet Andong
    • Paul began to walk home, looking for a taxi. Michael called. "Hey, it's my birthday, dude! Let's get munted !"
  • (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Intoxicated (by drugs or alcohol).
  • (Australia, New Zealand, slang, by extension) Damaged or unusable.
  • * 2011 , Bob Parker, Mayor of Christchurch, to TVNZ (wryly) following a severe earthquake:
    • ..."Our main sewer [trunk] is seriously munted ... I believe that is the technical term." , NZ Herald on line edition, 22-25 February 2011 (see 09:46)

    Related terms

    * munter