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SWITCH-HIT
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I. (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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