Apr 19, 2016 · A bunt in baseball is a gentle tap of the ball that causes the opposing team to scramble from their usual positions (catcher and pitcher in particular). Its goal is to get the …

Jun 14, 2023 · A 'blunt' statement is when someone says things to the point and factual. But wouldn't 'sharp' (or some other word that implies frankness or sharpness) be a better word …

For more background on the use of the phrase, including some connotations I wasn't aware of, I offer the following entry in Paul Dickson's The Dickson Baseball Dictionary: old college try A …

May 17, 2015 · For example, “On the bunt the pitcher used his meat hand instead of gloving the ball to get the out at first.” For a third baseman someone would just say that he “palmed the …

Its worth noting that in the UK context and company is very important with swearing. It can be used without targeting reasonably safely in impolite society. I wouldn't think twice about calling …

Feb 3, 2015 · Back to England, from Matthew Barker, Jem Bunt (1841): Now it so happened that during this process of beheading [the mastheads of some captured Dutch vessels], one of the …

Aug 8, 2015 · The full OED says this sense of bunt is "chiefly dialectal*. Their first citation is an 1825 glossary of Wiltshire dialect saying it means to strike with the head, and their most recent …

Dec 17, 2020 · Okay: The line is characterizing someone as being so dumb that they could not pour piss out of a boot -- even if the instructions were written on the heel. Just a tremendously …

This strategy places a high value on individual runs and attempts to score them without requiring extra base hits, or sometimes without base hits at all, instead using bases on balls, stolen …

Nov 25, 2010 · BTW, is your question "How common is 'thrice' in American English"? Because it's fairly common at least in India (and presumably in the UK); I even remember an old TV …