bunt

1. (of a batter) gently tap (a pitched ball) without swinging in an attempt to make it more difficult to field.

   he tried to bunt the ball down the first baseline

   Phil bunted and got to first

2. push or butt.

   Gary bunted her with his head

1. an act or result of bunting a pitched ball.
2. an act of flying an aircraft in part of an outside loop.

mid 18th century: probably related to the noun butt¹ (the original sense).

noun

the baggy centre of a fishing net or a sail.

late 16th century: of unknown origin.

noun

a disease of wheat caused by a smut fungus, the spores of which give off a smell of rotten fish.

early 17th century (denoting the puffball fungus): of unknown origin.