Baseball. transitive. To hit (a ball) in a short, high arc, providing an easy catch. Usually with up.

Sport. transitive. To play (the ball) in a manner that contravenes the rules of the game; spec. (a) Association Football to handle (the ball) (now…

transitive. Baseball. To hit (the ball), esp. in a specified direction.

transitive. Baseball. To hit (the ball) hard; to earn (a hit). Also with out, off.

In technical use (see quots.). In Baseball, to secure (hits) in close succession. Chiefly U.S.

Baseball. To hit a line-drive; to hit (a ball) hard and low. Frequently const. out.

transitive. Baseball. To hit (a ball) or make (a hit) that is determined to be foul (see foul, adj. 19b), especially due to landing in foul…

transitive. Sport colloquial (originally U.S.), esp. Baseball. To hit vigorously.

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

transitive. Baseball. To hit (the ball) very hard.

to wait out: (a) U.S. Baseball, (of a batter) to force (a pitcher) to throw a maximum number of pitches by refraining from striking at pitches in…

transitive. Sport. Originally, in Cricket: to strike (a ball) from the off to the leg side; to strike a ball delivered by (a bowler) in this way…

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…

transitive. To hit (the ball) while playing as a substitute; to substitute (a person), esp. at a crucial point in a game.

transitive. To strike (a ball) weakly; to hit (the ball) awkwardly with the end of the bat. Cf. nubber, n.

Baseball and Softball. transitive. To make a hit or run off (a pitcher).

transitive. North American. In baseball and softball: to strike (a high-pitched ball) with a high chopping swing of the bat.