sacrifice bunt

noun

variants or less commonly sacrifice hit
plural sacrifice bunts also sacrifice hits
: a bunt in baseball that allows a runner to advance one base while the batter is put out

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Jeff McNeil singled and Gelof advanced both with a sacrifice bunt. — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026 The Dodgers finally took the lead in the eighth, manufacturing a run with singles from Teoscar Hernández and Freeman around a sacrifice bunt from Ben Rortvedt. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 Christian Koss was hit by a pitch leading off the fifth and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Nate Furman before Taylor Clarke replaced Arizona starter Jose Cabrera. — CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 In the fifth, with Koss on first and no one out, Nate Furman laid down a textbook sacrifice bunt. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sacrifice bunt

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sacrifice bunt was in 1877

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“Sacrifice bunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sacrifice%20bunt. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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