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TWO-BASE HIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does two-base hit mean? 

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

1. a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second baseplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


TWO-BASE HIT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

double; two-bagger; two-base hit; two-baser

Context example:

he hit a double to deep centerfield

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

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

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

line-drive double; line double (a double resulting from a line drive)


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