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SWITCH-HIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does switch-hit mean? 

SWITCH-HIT (verb)
  The verb SWITCH-HIT has 1 sense:

1. bat right-handed against a left-handed and left-handed against a right-handed pitcherplay

  Familiarity information: SWITCH-HIT used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SWITCH-HIT (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Bat right-handed against a left-handed and left-handed against a right-handed pitcher

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "switch-hit" is one way to...):

bat (strike with, or as if with a baseball bat)

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)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

switch-hitter (a baseball player who can bat either right or left handed)


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