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SWITCH-HITTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does switch-hitter mean?
• SWITCH-HITTER (noun)
The noun SWITCH-HITTER has 2 senses:
1. a baseball player who can bat either right or left handed
2. slang term for a bisexual person
Familiarity information: SWITCH-HITTER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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