buntyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[bunt 词源字典]
bunt: see punt
[bunt etymology, bunt origin, 英语词源]
bunt (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1825, "to strike with the head or horns," perhaps an alteration of butt (v.) with a goat in mind, or a survival from Middle English bounten "to return." As a baseball term from 1889. Related: Bunted; bunting.
bunt (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1767, "a push;" see bunt (v.). Baseball sense is from 1889.