foul
fair
foul ball
fair ball
passed ball
wild pitch
at-bat
bat
foul out
pick off
high and tight
hit
three up, three down
look
hitless
two-base hit
backside throw
home run
homer
double
two-bagger
two-baser
strike
second base
behind in the count
straight
grounder
swing
groundball
baseballing
duck fart
bingle
cut
single
baseball swing
hopper
neighborhood play
ground ball
perfect game
fielder's choice
ahead in the count
snick
batter's box
inside edge
first base
running lane
quick pitch
plunker
plunk
edge
switch-hitter
wide
out
on base
third
no-hitter
no-hit game
pick-off
trampoline effect
third base
infield hit
putout
horsehide
descending
one-hitter
baseball play
wheelhouse
whiff
1-hitter
base hit
pitchy
streaky
steal
cordon
fan
switch-hit
ballfield
deuces wild
backstop
pass
base on balls
catcher
batting
walk
away
hack
hit batsman
sacrifice bunt
base runner
runner
foul
fair
high and tight
hitless
behind in the count
straight
baseballing
ahead in the count
descending
pitchy
streaky
away
foul ball
fair ball
passed ball
wild pitch
at-bat
bat
pick off
hit
three up, three down
two-base hit
backside throw
home run
homer
double
two-bagger
two-baser
strike
foul
second base
grounder
swing
groundball
baseballing
duck fart
bingle
cut
single
baseball swing
hopper
neighborhood play
ground ball
perfect game
fielder's choice
snick
batter's box
first base
running lane
quick pitch
plunker
plunk
edge
switch-hitter
wide
out
third
no-hitter
no-hit game
pick-off
trampoline effect
third base
infield hit
putout
horsehide
one-hitter
baseball play
wheelhouse
whiff
1-hitter
base hit
cordon
ballfield
backstop
pass
base on balls
catcher
batting
walk
inside edge
hack
hit batsman
sacrifice bunt
base runner
runner
foul out
look
inside edge
steal
fan
switch-hit
snick
edge
adj
- (of a baseball) hit between the foul lines
- free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; conforming with established standards or rules
adv
- in conformity with the rules or laws and without fraud or cheating
- without favoring one party, in a fair evenhanded manner
adj
- not excessive or extreme
- very pleasing to the eye
- lacking exceptional quality or ability
- attractively feminine
- (of a manuscript) having few alterations or corrections
- gained or earned without cheating or stealing
- free of clouds or rain
- (used of hair or skin) pale or light-colored
noun
- a traveling show; having sideshows and rides and games of skill etc.
- gathering of producers to promote business
- a competitive exhibition of farm products
- a sale of miscellany; often for charity
verb
noun
- (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit
- nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate
- a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash
- the club used in playing cricket
- a club used for hitting a ball in various games
verb
noun
verb
noun
- The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- The hit was very slight.
- A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
- An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
- An attack on a location, person or people.
- A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- A collision of a projectile with the target.
- In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
- A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
verb
- To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- To come up to bat.
- To have sex with.
- To attack.
- To affect negatively.
- To strike against something.
- To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
- To attack, especially amphibiously.
- In blackjack, to deal a card to.
- to work out
- To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
- To guess; to light upon or discover.
- To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
- To switch on.
- To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
- To reach or achieve.
- To use; to connect to.
- (of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
- To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
- To briefly visit.
- To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
- To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
- To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
adj
pron
verb
- To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.
- As a transitive verb, often in the imperative; chiefly takes relative clause as direct object.
- To make sure of, to see to.
- To give an appearance of being.
- To express or manifest by a look.
- To face or present a view.
- To expect or anticipate.
- As an intransitive verb, often with "at".
- To search for, to try to find.
- To appear, to seem.
noun
- A facial expression.
- Physical appearance, visual impression.
- The action of looking; an attempt to see.
intj
noun
- a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base
- a stand-in for movie stars to perform dangerous stunts
- someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- a quantity that is twice as great as another
- raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of 2
adj
- used of flowers having more than the usual number of petals in crowded or overlapping arrangements
- used of homologous chromosomes associated in pairs in synapsis
verb
- increase twofold
- hit a two-base hit
- bend over or curl up, usually with laughter or pain
- do double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions
- make a demand for (a card or suit)
- make or do or perform again
adv
adj
noun
- A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
- A nibble on the bait by a fish.
- In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
- The strike plate of a door.
- A cancellation postmark.
- An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
- An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
- The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
- The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
- An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
- A blow or application of physical force against something.
- A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
- The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth.
- The discovery of a source of something.
- A puddler's stirrer.
verb
- To hit.
- To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- To create an impression.
- To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
- To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
- To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
- To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
- To balance (a ledger or account).
- To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
- To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
- To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
- To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
- To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
- To impress, seem or appear (to).
- To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
- To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
- To impinge upon.
- To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
- To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- To touch; to act by appulse.
- To manufacture, as by stamping.
- To make and ratify.
- To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
- To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
- To cause to ignite by friction.
- To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
- To set off on a walk or trip.
- To score a goal.
- To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
- To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- To carry out a violent or illegal action.
- To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
- To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
adj
- Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
- Direct, undeviating.
- Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
- Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
- Strait; narrow.
- Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable.
- Thorough; utter; unqualified.
- Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
- Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
- Not plus size; thin.
- In proper order; as it should be.
- Heterosexual.
- Serious rather than comedic.
- Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
- Related to conventional sexual intercourse.
- Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
- Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
- Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
- In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
- Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
- Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
- Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
noun
- A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
- Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
- Five cards in sequence.
- A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana.
- A heterosexual.
- A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
verb
adv
noun
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity
- mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth
- a sweeping blow or stroke
- changing location by moving back and forth
- a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz
- a jaunty rhythm in music
- the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it
- a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them
verb
- move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting
- move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner
- change direction with a swinging motion; turn
- influence decisively
- make a big sweeping gesture or movement
- hang loosely
- hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement
- alternate dramatically between high and low values
- live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style
- have a certain musical rhythm
- be a social swinger; socialize a lot
- play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm
- engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends
noun
- A ball hit by a batter into the gray area between the infield and outfield, usually tailing away from whoever is trying to catch it.
- Something insignificant or silent.
- A layered (not mixed) drink made of Kahlua, Bailey's Irish cream and Crown Royal (in that order, and ideally with just a float of Crown).
- A sound made when a stone is thrown into the water where the water breaks twice creating a longer sounding "plop".
noun
- in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball
- a share of the profits
- (film) an immediate transition from one shot to the next
- a trench resembling a furrow that was made by erosion or excavation
- a step on some scale
- a wound made by cutting
- a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
- a remark capable of wounding mentally
- a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc
- the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
- the style in which a garment is cut
- a canal made by erosion or excavation
- a refusal to recognize someone you know
- (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball
- the division of a deck of cards before dealing
- the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
- the act of cutting something into parts
- the act of shortening something by chopping off the ends
- the act of reducing the amount or number
- an unexcused absence from class
adj
- separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument
- fashioned or shaped by cutting
- made neat and tidy by trimming
- (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
- (of pages of a book) having the folds of the leaves trimmed or slit
verb
- separate with or as if with an instrument
- cut down on; make a reduction in
- turn sharply; change direction abruptly
- make an incision or separation
- discharge from a group
- form by probing, penetrating, or digging
- style and tailor in a certain fashion
- hit (a ball) with a spin so that it turns in the opposite direction
- make out and issue
- cut and assemble the components of
- intentionally fail to attend
- be able to manage or manage successfully
- give the appearance or impression of
- move (one's fist)
- pass directly and often in haste
- pass through or across
- make an abrupt change of image or sound
- stop filming
- make a recording of
- record a performance on (a medium)
- create by duplicating data
- form or shape by cutting or incising
- perform or carry out
- function as a cutting instrument
- allow incision or separation
- divide a deck of cards at random into two parts to make selection difficult
- cause to stop operating by disengaging a switch
- reap or harvest
- fell by sawing; hew
- penetrate injuriously
- refuse to acknowledge
- shorten as if by severing the edges or ends of
- weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
- dissolve by breaking down the fat of
- have a reducing effect
- cease, stop
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
- have grow through the gums
- grow through the gums
- cut off the testicles (of male animals such as horses)
adj
noun
- The portion of the field between the basepath and the foul ball line in which a batter is allowed to run without causing or receiving interference. Also referred to as runner's lane.
- A highway lane that is open to traffic. Often used to describe when a hard shoulder is used as a normal traffic lane either permanently or conditionally during periods of heavy traffic.
- A lane, painted on a road, used to separate runners from normal traffic. Also referred to as a jogging lane.
- An informal division of a football field indicating the channel through which a player will run either to catch a pass or when carrying the ball.
noun
- A shot where the ball comes off the edge of the bat, often unintentionally.
- A one-dimensional face of a polytope. In particular, the joining line between two vertices of a polygon; the place where two faces of a polyhedron meet.
- Sharpness; readiness or fitness to cut; keenness; intenseness of desire.
- The boundary line of a surface.
- An advantage.
- The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe; that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc.
- The border or part adjacent to the line of division; the beginning or early part (of a period of time)
- The point of data production in an organization (the focus of edge computing), as opposed to the cloud.
- A level of sexual arousal that is maintained just short of reaching the point of inevitability, or climax.
- A sharp terminating border; a margin; a brink; an extreme verge.
- A connected pair of vertices in a graph.
verb
- To hit the ball with an edge of the bat, causing a fine deflection.
- To trim the margin of a lawn where the grass meets the sidewalk, usually with an electric or gas-powered lawn edger.
- To furnish with an edge, as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
- To make sharp or keen; to incite; to exasperate; to goad; to urge or egg on.
- To delay one's orgasm so as to remain almost at the point of orgasm.
- To move an object slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
- To furnish with an edge; to construct an edging.
- To move slowly and carefully in a particular direction.
- To win by a small margin.
noun
adj
- Of or supporting a greater range of text characters than can fit into the traditional 8-bit representation.
- Antagonistic, provocative.
- Operating at the side of the playing area.
- Large in scope.
- Having a large physical extent from side to side.
- On one side or the other of the mark; too far sideways from the mark, the wicket, the batsman, etc.
adv
noun
verb
- to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality
- reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle
- be made known; be disclosed or revealed
adj
- being out or having grown cold
- not worth considering as a possibility
- out of power; especially having been unsuccessful in an election
- excluded from use or mention
- directed outward or serving to direct something outward
- no longer fashionable
- outside or external
- outer or outlying
- knocked unconscious by a heavy blow
adj
adv
noun
- the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
- one of three equal parts of a divisible whole
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
- following the second position in an ordering or series
- the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it
- the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
adj
adv
noun
- A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.
- The enclosed structure around the paddlewheel of a steamboat.
- A prehistoric structure from the Iron Age found in Scotland, characteristically including an outer wall within which a circle of stone piers (resembling the spokes of a wheel) form the basis for lintel arches supporting corbelled roofing with a hearth at the hub.
- A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill.
- An enclosed compartment on the deck of a vessel such as a fishing boat, originally housing its helm or steering wheel, from which it may be navigated; on a larger vessel it is the bridge.
- A person's area of authority or expertise.
- The partially enclosed structure above and around a wheel of an automobile, typically partly formed by a portion of a fender panel that has been extended outward beyond the plane of the rest of the panel.
adj
- Used to describe a shot where the ball deflects off the edge of the bat, but is not caught by the slips or wicket-keeper and instead results in runs for the batsman.
- Having alternating periods of good and bad performances; inconsistent.
- Not well-executed, due to luck more than skill.
- Having streaks.
verb
- To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.
- To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else.
- To borrow for a short moment.
- To dispossess
- To convey (something) clandestinely.
- To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.
- To acquire at a low price.
- To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.
- To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.
- To move silently or secretly.
- take, plagiarize, tell on a joke, use a well-worded expression in one's own parlance or writing
- To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.
noun
- A piece of merchandise available at a very low, attractive price.
- A stolen base.
- Scoring in an end without the hammer.
- A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.
- A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.
- The act of stealing.
noun
- (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls
- (military) a written leave of absence
- (American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
- the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks
- any authorization to pass or go somewhere
- a document indicating permission to do something without restrictions
- a flight or run by an aircraft over a target
- a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
- a difficult juncture
- one complete cycle of operations (as by a computer)
- an automatic advance to the next round in a tournament without playing an opponent
- a permit to enter or leave a military installation
- a complimentary ticket
- a usually brief attempt
- (sports) the act of throwing the ball to another member of your team
- success in satisfying a test or requirement
adj
verb
- go across or through
- move past
- make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation
- for time to move forward
- place into the hands or custody of
- stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
- travel past
- come to pass
- go unchallenged; be approved
- use up a period of time in a specific way
- pass over, across, or through
- transmit information
- disappear gradually
- go successfully through a test or a selection process
- be superior or better than some standard
- accept or judge as acceptable
- allow to go without comment or censure
- transfer to another; of rights or property
- pass into a specified state or condition; sink into
- throw (a ball) to another player
- be inherited by
- cause to pass
- grant authorization or clearance for
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- eliminate from the body
adj
adj
adv
- from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
- from one's possession
- out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
- out of existence
- at a distance in space or time
- indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily
- so as to be removed or gotten rid of
- freely or at will
- in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)
- in a different direction
- in reserve; not for immediate use
noun
- A swing of the bat at a pitched ball by the batter, particularly a choppy, ungraceful one that misses the ball such as at a fastball.
- A person who frequently canvasses for votes, either directly or by appearing to continuously act with the ulterior motive of furthering their political career.
- An expedient, temporary solution, such as a small patch or change to code, meant to be replaced with a more elegant solution at a later date; a workaround.
- A try, an attempt.
- The foothold traditionally cut into the ice from which the person who throws the rock pushes off for delivery.
- A trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to increase productivity, efficiency, or ease.
- A video game or any computer software that has been altered from its original state.
- A hacking blow.
- An improvised device or solution to a problem.
- A hacking; a catch in speaking; a short, broken cough.
- A taxicab (hackney cab) driver.
- A hearse.
- A small ball usually made of woven cotton or suede and filled with rice, sand or some other filler, for use in hackeysack.
- A dry cough.
- A vehicle let for hire; originally, a hackney coach, now typically a taxicab.
- A kick on the shins in football of any type.
- A tool for chopping.
- A horse for hire, especially one which is old and tired.
- The act of striking an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- A board which the falcon's food is placed on; used by extension for the state of partial freedom in which they are kept before being trained.
- A gouge or notch made by such a blow.
- Time check, as for example upon synchronization of wristwatches.
- A computer programmer who makes quick but inelegant changes to computer code to solve problems or add features.
- A computer programmer, particularly a veteran or someone not immediately expected to be capable of programming.
- One who is professionally successful despite producing mediocre work. (Usually applied to persons in a creative field.)
- A talented writer-for-hire, paid to put others' thoughts into felicitous language.
- An interesting technical achievement, particularly in computer programming.
- A food-rack for cattle.
- Someone who is available for hire; hireling, mercenary.
- An untalented writer.
- A rack used to dry something, such as bricks, fish, or cheese.
- An airplane of poor quality or in poor condition.
- An illegal attempt to gain access to a computer network.
- A grating in a mill race.
- Confinement of an officer to their stateroom as a punishment.
- A person, often a journalist, hired to do routine work.
- A political agitator.
verb
- To ride a horse at a regular pace; to ride on a road (as opposed to riding cross-country etc.).
- To use as a hack; to let out for hire.
- To chop or cut down in a rough manner.
- To kick (a player) on the shins.
- To swing at a pitched ball.
- To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace.
- To cheat by using unauthorized modifications.
- To work with something on an intimately technical level.
- To strike an opponent with one's hockey stick, typically on the leg but occasionally and more seriously on the back, arm, head, etc.
- To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code.
- To make a flailing attempt to hit the puck with a hockey stick.
- To withstand or put up with a difficult situation.
- To gain unauthorised access to a computer or online account belonging to (a person or organisation).
- To strike in a frantic movement.
- To play hackeysack.
- To lay (bricks) on a rack to dry.
- To drive a hackney cab.
- To apply a trick, shortcut, skill, or novelty method to something to increase productivity, efficiency or ease.
- To keep (young hawks) in a state of partial freedom, before they are trained.
- To cough noisily.
- To make a quick code change to patch a computer program, often one that, while being effective, is inelegant or makes the program harder to maintain.
- To accomplish a difficult programming task.
- To strike lightly as part of tapotement massage.
noun
- a baseball player on the team at bat who is on base (or attempting to reach a base)
- someone who imports or exports without paying duties
- someone who travels on foot by running
- a person who is employed to deliver messages or documents
- a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips
- a trained athlete who competes in foot races
- (football) the player who is carrying (and trying to advance) the ball on an offensive play
- a long narrow carpet
- device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along
- fish of western Atlantic: Cape Cod to Brazil
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