bunt vs knockdown

bunt

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

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • 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 swell out. 

  • To push with the horns; to butt. 

knockdown

noun
  • The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface. 

  • An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down. 

  • A shelter erected for use as a temporary dressing room. 

  • A collection of parts required to assemble a product, typically manufactured in one region and exported elsewhere for assembly. 

  • a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet. 

  • A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that have been made less active or had their expression reduced. 

  • The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene. 

  • An overwhelming blow. 

adj
  • To be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening. 

  • reduced in price, originally to a price below which an article would not be sold by the auctioneer 

  • powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down 

  • Capable of being taken apart for packing or removal. 

verb
  • To employ the knockdown technique 

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