SLUGGER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(baseball) a ballplayer who is batting

Synonyms:

batsman; batter; hitter; slugger

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("slugger" is a kind of...):

ballplayer; baseball player (an athlete who plays 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 "slugger"):

bunter (a batter who bunts)

designated hitter (a ballplayer who is designated to bat in place of the pitcher)

pinch hitter ((baseball) a substitute for the regular batter)

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

whiffer (a batter who strikes out by swinging at and missing the third strike)

Derivation:

slug (strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat)

Sense 2