1. (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat

2. fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores

    Synonym: Tilletia caries

3. similar to Tilletia caries

    Synonym: stinking smutTilletia foetida

4. disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores

    Synonym: stinking smut

1. to strike, thrust or shove against

    e.g. He butted his sister out of the way
           The goat butted the hiker with his horns

    Synonym: butt

2. hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance

    Synonym: drag a bunt