belly vs bunt

belly

verb
  • To cause to swell out; to fill. 

  • To swell and become protuberant; to bulge or billow. 

  • To position one’s belly; to move on one’s belly. 

noun
  • The stomach. 

  • The main curved portion of a knife blade. 

  • The abdomen, especially a fat one. 

  • The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part). 

  • The womb. 

  • The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back. 

  • The lower fuselage of an airplane. 

bunt

verb
  • To swell out. 

  • To headbutt affectionately. 

  • To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance. 

  • To spring or rear up. 

  • To perform (the second half of) an outside loop. 

  • To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance. 

  • To push with the horns; to butt. 

noun
  • A push or shove; a butt. 

  • 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. 

  • The act of bunting. 

  • The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. 

  • 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. 

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