switch-hit

[swich-hit] /ˈswɪtʃˈhɪt/

Word Origin

verb (used without object), switch-hit, switch-hitting. Baseball.

to be able to bat from either side of the plate, or both as a left-handed and as a right-handed batter.

Origin of switch-hit

1950-1955

First recorded in 1950-55

Related forms

switch hitter, noun

switch-hitter, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for switch-hit

switch-hit

verb

(intransitive) (baseball) to be able to bat either right- or left-handed

noun

(cricket) a shot in which the batsman jumps through 180 degrees to the opposite side of the wicket before swinging at the ball

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