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 3 of 6: from “flyout” to “knock”.
- flyout noun Alternative form of fly out.
- force verb To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already…
- force out noun An instance of an out created by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which…
- force play noun A play in which a baserunner on first base is required to advance to second base because the batter has become a runner, or a runner on…
- foul noun A foul ball, a ball which has been hit outside of the base lines.
- foul line noun One of the two lines on the edge of a field marking the area inside which a fair ball may be hit.
- foul out verb To become out by hitting a foul ball which is caught.
- foul pole noun One of the two poles marking the area inside which a fair ball may be hit. It stands above a foul line.
- foul territory noun The area outside the playing field beyond the first base and third base lines, including the grandstand.
- four-seam fastball noun A backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released…
- frame noun An inning.
- free pass noun An intentional walk.
- front door noun The path of a pitch which starts inside and then slides over the plate.
- frozen rope noun A line drive
- fungo noun A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught.
- g noun Games (the statistic reporting the number of games that a player has participated in).
- game score noun A metric used to evaluate the value of a pitcher's performance in one game. In a nine-inning game, an average score is 50, and the maximum…
- gap noun The regions between the outfielders.
- gapper noun A ball hit through the regions between the outfielders.
- gas noun A fastball.
- gem noun A strong, dominating pitching performance.
- giant noun A player for the San Francisco Giants.
- give someone the heave-ho verb To eject a player or manager from the game.
- glove verb To catch the ball in a baseball mitt.
- gloveman noun A fielder.
- go to bat verb To be the individual or team that is currently batting; to play offense.
- goner noun A ball hit out of the playing area for a home run.
- grand slam noun The hitting of a home run with the bases loaded.
- grasscutter noun Synonym of worm burner (“a hard-hit ground ball”).
- ground verb To hit a ground ball. Compare fly (verb (regular)) and line (verb).
- ground ball noun A batted ball that bounces one or more times on the infield; a grounder.
- ground out noun An instance of grounding out.
- grounder noun A ground ball.
- h noun Abbreviation of hits.
- hack verb To swing at a pitched ball.
- halo noun A member of the Angels Major League Baseball team.
- hand out phrase a player is out
- hang verb To throw a hittable off-speed pitch.
- hanger noun A hanging pitch; a pitch (typically a breaking ball or slider) that is poorly executed, hence easy to hit.
- hanging adj Hittable; poorly executed by the pitcher, hence relatively easy to hit.
- hat trick noun The act of striking out three times in a game.
- headhunt verb To pitch at a batter's head.
- headhunter noun A pitcher who throws at the batter's head.
- heat noun A fastball.
- heater noun A fastball, especially one thrown at high velocity.
- heavy hitter noun A player with a favorable batting average who is especially good at hitting the ball deep into the outfield or farther.
- hidden-ball trick noun A fielding play where the fielders deceive the baserunners as to the location of the ball, allowing one of the fielders to attempt to tag a…
- high adj Above the batter's shoulders.
- high and tight adj Being a pitch that is thrown close to the batter, but does not hit him.
- hill noun The pitcher’s mound.
- hippodrome verb To stage a sporting contest to suit gamblers.
- hit noun The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- hit a home run verb To hit a ball during an at-bat that results in all runners on base and the hitter scoring runs; the best result of an at-bat.
- hit and run noun A play where the baserunners leave their base before the batter hits the ball, assuming that the batter will in fact hit the ball and this…
- hit one out of the ballpark verb To hit a fair ball so well that the ball flies over all of the spectators' seats and lands outside the stadium.
- hit parade noun A series of many hits in a row that are scored by one team.
- hit-by-pitch noun An official scoring play in which a batter is hit by a pitched ball, and is awarded first base as a result, and where the batter is…
- hitless adj Having failed to make any base hits over a period of time, usually one game.
- hitter noun One who comes up to bat.
- hitter's count noun A count favourable to the batter, in which there are more balls than strikes, especially a 3-0, 3-1, or 2-0 count.
- hold noun A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a…
- hole noun The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
- home noun Home plate.
- home base noun home plate
- home plate noun A flat, pentagonal, rubber object placed at the center of the batter's box, which is used as a basis for judging pitched strikes and balls…
- home run noun A four-base hit, allowing the batter to circle the bases and reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the…
- homer verb To hit a homer; to hit a home run.
- hook noun A curveball.
- horsehide noun A baseball.
- hot corner noun Third base.
- hot stove noun The baseball off-season where trades take place and teams look to sign free agents.
- HR noun Initialism of home runs (in statistics).
- hummer noun A fastball.
- humpty noun Synonym of humpty-dumpty (“an inferior player”).
- humpty-dumpty adj Inferior; weak.
- hung up adj In a position such that the path to the desired base is blocked by a fielder holding the ball; caught in a rundown.
- hurler noun The pitcher.
- ice wagon noun A very slow player.
- infield noun The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.
- infield fly rule noun A rule providing that a fair fly ball hit with a force play at third base, which is deemed catchable by an umpire, be ruled an out…
- infield shift noun A defensive alignment in which the third baseman, shortstop and second baseman positionally shift to their left when a left-handed batter…
- inning noun A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three…
- inside adj Toward the batter as it crosses home plate.
- inside baseball noun Technical matters concerning baseball generally not apparent or of interest to spectators.
- intentional walk noun The intentional pitching of four balls (bad pitches), or of a fourth ball, in order to give the batter a walk (for example, so as to avoid…
- invisible runner noun In informal baseball and stickball games, a baserunner who cannot steal a base but can, depending on the rules, advance on a wild pitch…
- IP noun Initialism of innings pitched (“the statistic reporting the number of innings pitched by a pitcher”).
- Iron Mike noun A machine for pitching baseballs for practise purposes.
- jack verb To hit (the ball) hard; especially, to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.
- jam verb To throw a pitch at or near the batter's hands.
- jewel box noun A member of the second major generation of professional ballparks, built between 1909 and approximately 1940 and distinguished by a…
- juiced adj Synonym of loaded; pertaining to a situation where there is a runner at each of the three bases.
- junkball noun An off-speed pitch, such as a changeup, a curveball or a slider.
- junkballer noun A pitcher that relies heavily on off-speed pitches.
- k noun Abbreviation of strikeout On a baseball scorecard, a frontwards K signifies striking out while swinging the bat, while a backwards K…
- keystone noun The combination of the shortstop and second baseman.
- knee-buckler noun A curveball (or occasionally a knuckleball) that fools the hitter, causing his or her knees to buckle (i.e. bend).
- knickerbocker noun A player for the New York Knickerbockers
- knickerbockers noun A short-lived 19th-century baseball team in New York
- knock verb To hit a ball into play.