bunt vs flipper

bunt

noun
  • 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. 

  • 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. 

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. 

flipper

noun
  • A flat lever in a pinball machine, triggered by the player to strike the ball and keep it in play. 

  • Television remote control, clicker. 

  • A type of ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, which spins backwards and skids off the pitch with a low bounce. 

  • A kind of false tooth, usually temporary. 

  • A small flat used to support a larger one. 

  • Someone who flips, in the sense of buying a house or other asset and selling it quickly for profit. 

  • Someone who flips in any other sense, for example throwing a coin. 

  • In marine mammals such as whales, a wide flat limb, adapted for swimming. 

  • A flat, wide, paddle-like rubber covering for the foot, used in swimming. 

  • A kitchen spatula. 

verb
  • To lift one or both flippers out of the water and slap the surface of the water. 

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