FORCE PLAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does force play mean? 

• FORCE PLAY (noun)
  The noun FORCE PLAY has 1 sense:

1. a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base

  Familiarity information: FORCE PLAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORCE PLAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

force; force-out; force out; force play

Context example:

the shortstop got the runner at second on a force

Hypernyms ("force play" is a kind of...):

putout (an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout))

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)