Baseball. To stop (the ball) with the bat without swinging the latter. Also absol.

intransitive. To hit a fly ball, esp. one that has been tossed into the air by oneself.

Baseball. To hit a fly-ball (fly, n.2 compounds 2). Chiefly with out. (Past tense usually flied.)

Baseball. (a) intransitive. To make a hit which advances another player, the batter being put out. (b) transitive. To advance (another player) in…

Baseball. To hit a triple (see triple, n. 6).

intransitive. To act as a substitute for another batter, esp. at a crucial point in a game. Also more generally: to take the place of another person…

intransitive. To hit a home run.

intransitive. Baseball. Of a batter: to hit a single (sense 3h); to make a one-base hit. Also transitive, by singling to enable (another player) to…

the bunt (bunt, n.8 2) made in squeeze play (squeeze play, n. 1a); also as v. intransitive.