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Bunted vs Punted - What's the difference?

bunted | punted |

As verbs the difference between bunted and punted

is that bunted is (bunt) while punted is (punt).

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.

    • punted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (punt)

    • punt

    English

    Etymology 1

    (etyl), probably from (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nautical) To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly a dialectal variant of (bunt); Rugby is the origin of the sports usage of the term.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (rugby, American football, Australian Rules football, Gaelic football, soccer) to kick a ball dropped from the hands before it hits the ground. This puts the ball farther from the goal across which the opposing team is attempting to score, so improves the chances of the team punting.
  • * As a colloquialism, 'So I punted' means the speaker chose the best alternative among a menu of non-ideal choices.
  • (soccer) To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=September 2 , author= , title=Wales 2-1 Montenegro , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=With five minutes remaining Hennessey was down well to block another Vukcevic shot, while Gunter was smartly in to punt away the dangerous loose ball.}}
  • To retreat from one's objective.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=ca. 2002 , author=Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick and C. Michael Pilato , title=Version Control with Subversion , chapter=Basic Work Cycle citation , passage=Punting : Using svn revert¶ If you decide that you want to throw out your changes and start your edits again (whether this occurs after a conflict or anytime), just revert your changes}}
    Derived terms
    * drop punt * punt returner * punter * torpedo punt

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rugby, American football, soccer) A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits the ground. Contrast drop kick.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) ponte or (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A point in the game of faro.
  • The act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
  • A bet or wager.
  • An indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
  • (glassblowing) A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate the larger piece.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (British, chiefly, Ireland) To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take a chance more generally
  • * Thackeray
    • She heard of his punting at gaming tables.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=2004 , author=John Buglear , title=Quantitative methods for business: the A-Z of QM , chapter=Is it worth the risk? – introducing probability citation , isbn=9780750658980 , page=339 , passage=Whether you want to gamble on a horse race, bet on which player will score first in a game of football, have a punt on a particular tennis player winning a grand slam event, you are buying a chance, a chance which is measured in terms of probability, ‘the odds’.}}
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2006 , date=June 23 , author=Dan Roebuck , title=Eriksson's men still worth a punt , work=The Guardian citation , passage=Eriksson's men still worth a punt }}
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2009 , date=November 3 , author=Sarah Collerton , title=Cup punt not child's play , work=ABC News citation , passage=Australians have a reputation for being keen to bet on two flies climbing up a wall and today young ones often take a casual classroom punt }}
  • (figuratively) To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.

    • Related terms

    * punter

    Etymology 4

    From (etyl) punt, from (etyl) pund.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.
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