The Clue
Baseball taps (5 letter answer)
The Answer
BUNTS
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Notes
The answer BUNTS is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1600 puzzles.
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Baseball ploys
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Some singles
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Definition
BUNT as a noun:
1. (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat
2. (bunt, stinking smut) = disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores
3. (bunt, stinking smut, Tilletia foetida) = similar to Tilletia caries
4. (bunt, Tilletia caries) = fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores
BUNT as a verb:
1. (bunt, drag a bunt) = hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance
2. (butt, bunt) = to strike, thrust or shove against, often with head or horns; "He butted his sister out of the way"