This page gathers the 609 dictionary entries belonging to the domain “Baseball”, as labelled by Wiktionary. Each word leads to its full entry: definitions, etymology, pronunciation, examples. Page 2 of 6: from “change up” to “fly out”.
- change up noun A pitch thrown with the arm motion of a fastball, but which travels at a much slower velocity because it is released without the fingers…
- charge the mound verb To run towards the pitcher's mound with the intent of physically assaulting the pitcher for a perceived grievance.
- charging the mound noun The act of a batter running towards the pitcher's mound with the intent of physically assaulting the pitcher for a perceived grievance.
- chase verb To swing at a pitch outside of the strike zone, typically an outside pitch.
- checked swing noun A swing in which a batter starts to swing for a ball but stops the swing shortly before the ball reaches home plate; a checked (halted…
- cheese noun A fastball.
- chin music noun A fastball thrown near the batter's chin, often to set up a subsequent pitch thrown low and outside.
- Chinese home run noun A home run hit to the minimum distance possible, usually just over the outfield fence closest to home plate.
- choke verb To hold the club or bat lower on the shaft in order to shorten one's swing.
- choke up verb To hold the bat higher (farther from the knob) than is normal.
- chop verb To hit the ball downward so that it takes a high bounce.
- chopper noun A high-bouncing batted ball.
- circle changeup noun A pitch thrown with a grip where the pitcher makes a circle with the index finger, holding the thumb at the bottom of the ball parallel to…
- cleanup noun Fourth in the batting order; a cleanup hitter.
- close verb To make the final outs, usually three, of a game.
- closer noun A relief pitcher who specializes in getting the last three outs of the game.
- clout noun A home run.
- clubbie noun A clubhouse manager.
- cockshot noun An especially majestic home run that is hit far beyond the fence.
- come to bat verb To have one's turn at bat.
- comebacker noun A batted ball that travels toward the pitcher.
- command noun The degree of control a pitcher has over his pitches.
- complete game noun A game during which the starting pitcher pitches for the entirety of the game, without a relief pitcher.
- completo noun A complete game.
- cork verb To tamper with (a bat) by drilling out part of the head and filling the cavity with cork or similar light, compressible material.
- cork out verb To hit the ball, especially powerfully, with a particular result.
- cork up verb To put cork in a baseball bat; to use a baseball bat with cork in it.
- corked bat noun A bat that has been tampered with by drilling out part of the head of the bat and filling the resulting cavity with a light, compressible…
- corner noun One of the four vertices of the strike zone.
- count noun The number of balls and strikes, respectively, on a batter's in-progress plate appearance.
- crank noun A baseball fan.
- cream puff noun A weak pitch.
- CS noun Initialism of caught stealing (especially as a statistic).
- cub noun A player on the team the "Chicago Cubs".
- cup of coffee noun The situation where a minor league player comes up to the major league team for a short period of time.
- curveball noun A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve"
- cut fastball noun A pitch thrown with an offset grip and a moderate amount of added pressure by middle finger yielding a combination of backspin and some…
- cutter noun A cut fastball.
- cycle noun A single, a double, a triple, and a home run hit by the same player in the same game.
- daisy cutter noun A well-struck ground ball.
- dead adj Tagged out.
- dead bird noun A ball which falls over the infielders’ heads for a hit, as if it were a bird shot by a hunter.
- dead fish noun A hit that travels a limited distance and then falls straight to the ground.
- deal verb To pitch.
- decision noun A win or a loss awarded to a pitcher.
- deep adj Far from the center of the playing area, near to the boundary of the playing area, either in absolute terms or relative to a point of…
- defense-independent pitching statistics noun A measure of a pitcher's effectiveness based only on plays that do not involve fielders. Originally included only hit-by-pitch, walks…
- defensive indifference noun An official scoring judgement in which a runner is not credited with a stolen base because the team playing the field did not try to stop…
- delivery noun A pitching motion.
- derrick verb To remove (a pitcher).
- designated hitter noun A batter who is permitted to substitute for a pitcher in the batting rotation for the duration of a baseball game.
- deuce noun A curveball.
- dewdrop noun A slow pitch.
- diamond noun The entire field of play used in the game.
- diamond cutter noun A ball hit up the middle of the diamond over the pitching mound reaching the outfield.
- dinger noun A home run.
- dish noun The home plate.
- dl verb To place on the disabled list.
- double verb To get a two-base hit.
- double off verb After a fly ball is caught, to tag the base (a runner) was on at the time of the pitch, thereby causing them to be out for failure to tag…
- double play noun A defensive play in which two outs are recorded.
- double play depth noun A shift in the defensive alignment of the infielders towards home plate when there is a baserunner on first base, to increase the…
- double steal noun A situation in which two baserunners attempt to steal a base simultaneously. This is usually called by the manager when there are runners…
- double switch noun A replacement of two players simultaneously, typically so that a fielder can hit in the pitcher's spot in the batting order.
- double up verb To get the second out in a double play, typically referring to getting an out by beating a runner back to a base (often by throwing) after…
- down adj Out.
- DP noun Initialism of double play.
- drag bunt noun A ball that has been hit by a batter who started to run towards first base while holding the bat back over the plate, typically in an…
- drill verb To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.
- drive verb To hit the ball with a drive.
- drive in verb To hit the ball or reach base in such a way that a run scores.
- duck fart 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.
- ducks on the pond noun Members of a batting order who are on base; baserunners.
- duff noun An error.
- dust verb To deliberately pitch a ball close to (a batter); to brush back.
- dust off a batter verb for a pitcher to throw a pitch at or near the batter, typically to frighten the batter or to have him stand farther away from home plate.
- duster noun A high pitch toward the batter.
- early innings noun The first, second, and third innings.
- erase verb To remove a runner from the bases via a double play or pick off play
- error noun A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.
- fair adj Between the baselines.
- fan verb To strike out.
- farm league noun One or more minor league teams owned by a baseball franchise and used as a training and testing ground for rookies, who, if they perform…
- farmhand noun A player in the minor leagues.
- fastball noun A high-speed pitch of a baseball.
- feeder noun The pitcher.
- field verb To be the team catching and throwing the ball, as opposed to hitting it.
- field out verb To go out as a result of a ball caught by the centerfield, left field or right field player.
- fielder noun A defensive player in the field.
- fireball noun Synonym of fastball (“a high-speed pitch of a baseball”).
- fireman noun A relief pitcher (reflecting the figurative analogy of rescuing the situation).
- first noun First base.
- first base noun The base after home plate in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield.
- five-tool adj Able to hit for a high batting average, hit for power, run the bases well, throw well, and field well.
- five-tool player noun A player who can hit for a high batting average, hit for power, run the bases well, throw well and field well.
- flamethrower noun Someone who is extremely good at throwing or shooting balls.
- flare noun A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders.
- fly verb To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).
- fly ball noun A batted ball that has been hit into the air above the outfield; a fly.
- fly out noun An instance of flying out.