Dictionary.com
definitions
  • synonyms

switch-hit

[swich-hit]
verb (used without object), switch-hit, switch-hit·ting. Baseball.
  1. to be able to bat from either side of the plate, or both as a left-handed and as a right-handed batter.
Show More

Origin of switch-hit

First recorded in 1950–55
Related formsswitch hitter, nounswitch-hit·ter, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
British Dictionary definitions for switch-hitter

switch-hitter

noun US and Canadian
  1. baseball a batsman who can hit either right- or left-handed
  2. slang a bisexual person
Show More

switch-hit

verb
  1. (intr) baseball to be able to bat either right- or left-handed
Show More
noun
  1. cricket a shot in which the batsman jumps through 180 degrees to the opposite side of the wicket before swinging at the ball
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012