dugout

[duhg-out]

noun

1. a boat made by hollowing out a log.

2. Baseball.,  a roofed structure enclosed on three sides and with the fourth side open and facing the playing field, usually with the floor below ground level, where the players sit when not on the field.

3. a rough shelter or dwelling formed by an excavation in the ground, in the face of a bank, in the side of a hill, etc., especially one used by soldiers.

dugout

/ ˈdʌɡˌaʊt /

noun

1. a canoe made by hollowing out a log

2. military a covered excavation dug to provide shelter

3. slang,  a retired officer, former civil servant, etc, recalled to employment

4. (at a sports ground) the covered bench where managers, trainers, etc sit and players wait when not on the field

5. (in the Canadian prairies) a reservoir dug on a farm in which water from rain and snow is collected for use in irrigation, watering livestock, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of dugout¹

1715–25, noun use of verb phrase dug out

Example Sentences

If they can get those two wins within the next three games, they won’t have to return to Milwaukee, the land of the great sausage race, and of the polka dancers atop the dugout.

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That was when he came across a Ukrainian dugout and asked them for help, he added.

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She removed both set batters Perera and Harshitha to swing momentum back in England's favour, though the roar from the Sri Lankan crowd when Athapaththu emerged from the dugout emphasised her importance to the side.

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Roberts was feeling more intense emotion — “Pure elation,” he said — which was why he didn’t wait for Sasaki to return to the dugout to embrace him.

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Kerkerking bent over in immediate regret, as the Dodgers came pouring out of the dugout to mob Pages near first base.

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Related Words

• cave 
• cellar