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PASSED BALL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does passed ball mean?
• PASSED BALL (noun)
The noun PASSED BALL has 1 sense:
1. a pitch that the catcher should have caught but did not; allows a base runner to advance a base
Familiarity information: PASSED BALL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pitch that the catcher should have caught but did not; allows a base runner to advance a base
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("passed ball" is a kind of...):
delivery; pitch ((baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter)
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