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SWITCH-HITTER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A baseball player who can bat either right or left handed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("switch-hitter" is a kind of...):

batsman; batter; hitter; slugger ((baseball) a ballplayer who is batting)

Derivation:

switch-hit (bat right-handed against a left-handed and left-handed against a right-handed pitcher)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Slang term for a bisexual person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("switch-hitter" is a kind of...):

bisexual; bisexual person (a person who is sexually attracted to both sexes)

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