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noun Baseball.
a fair ball enabling the batter to reach base without the commission of an error in the field or the making of a force-out or fielder's choice on another base runner.
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Origin of base hit
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Words nearby base hit
based, base estate, base exchange, base head, basehearted, base hit, base hospital, BASE jump, base jumping, Basel, baseless
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