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BASE HIT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely
Synonyms:
base hit; safety
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("base hit" is a kind of...):
hit ((baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in 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 "base hit"):
home run; homer (a base hit on which the batter scores a run)
bingle; single (a base hit on which the batter stops safely at first base)
double; two-bagger; two-base hit; two-baser (a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base)
three-bagger; three-base hit; triple (a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base)
