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| backswing |
in sports, the first part of the swing of a bat, club, racket, or the like, in which it is swung toward the player's back in preparation for the forward swing. |
| baseball |
a game played with a bat and ball by two teams of nine players each, the object being to score runs by advancing runners around four bases. [1/2 definitions] |
| base runner |
in baseball, any member of the team at bat who is safely on base or is running toward a base. |
| bat1 |
to hit with a bat. [1/4 definitions] |
| batsman |
a player who is at bat, esp. in cricket. |
| batter3 |
the person who stands in to bat the ball in baseball or cricket. |
| batting |
the action of using a bat in a game of baseball or cricket. [1/2 definitions] |
| batting average |
a measure of a baseball player's batting ability computed by dividing the total number of base hits by the number of official times at bat. [1/2 definitions] |
| batwing |
resembling the wing or wings of a bat. |
| choke up |
in baseball, to move one's hands up from the bottom end of the bat. [1/2 definitions] |
| consonance |
in prosody, the repetition of the same consonant sound, esp. at the ends of words, as in "print" and "bat". [1/3 definitions] |
| designated hitter |
in the American League in baseball, a team member chosen at the beginning of a game to bat in place of the pitcher. |
| DH |
abbreviation of "designated hitter," in the American League in baseball, a team member chosen at the beginning of a game to bat in place of the pitcher. |
| Dracula |
in a late nineteenth-century novel by Bram Stoker, the title character, a vampire, who is able to transform himself into a bat. |
| foul tip |
in baseball, a pitched ball that is barely tipped by the bat and is either caught by the catcher or deflected into the foul zone. |
| leadoff |
in baseball, the player who is first in the batting order or first to bat in an inning. [1/2 definitions] |
| on deck |
in baseball, next in line to bat. [1/2 definitions] |
| pinch-hit |
in baseball, to bat for another player, esp. at a crucial point in a game. [1/3 definitions] |
| slug2 |
to hit (a baseball) very hard with a bat. [1/2 definitions] |
| switch-hitter |
a baseball player who is able to bat either left-handed or right-handed. [1/2 definitions] |
| wing |
either of a pair of movable appendages enabling a bird, bat, or insect to fly. [1/14 definitions] |
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