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BASE HIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does base hit mean? 

BASE HIT (noun)
  The noun BASE HIT has 1 sense:

1. (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safelyplay

  Familiarity information: BASE HIT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BASE HIT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

base hit; safety

Hypernyms ("base hit" is a kind of...):

hit ((baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball))

Domain category:

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "base hit"):

home run; homer (a base hit on which the batter scores a run)

bingle; single (a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base)

double; two-bagger; two-base hit; two-baser (a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base)

three-bagger; three-base hit; triple (a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base)


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