Baseball
['beɪsbɔːl] or ['besbɔl]
Definition
(noun.) a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; 'he played baseball in high school'; 'there was a baseball game on every empty lot'; 'there was a desire for National League ball in the area'; 'play ball!'.
(noun.) a ball used in playing baseball.
Editor: Woodrow--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds ( four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striking the ball.
(n.) The ball used in this game.
Edited by Carlos
Unserious Contents or Definition
To see baseball in your dream, denotes you will be easily contented, and your cheerfulness will make you a popular companion. For a young woman to dream that she is playing baseball, means much pleasure for her, but no real profit or comfort.
Checker: Lorenzo
Unserious Contents or Definition
A game in which the young man who bravely strikes out for himself receives no praise for it.
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Examples
- There are more billiard players in the United States than there are baseball players; not mere spectators, but actual players. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Nothing, for example, could on the surface be more trivial than an interest in baseball scores. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The baseball news was all I could read and I did not have the slightest interest in it. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- One large company alone manufactures 500,000 cues every year, and we must remember that a billiard cue, unlike a baseball bat, can be repaired and lasts for many years. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If ever there was a symptom that this nation needed leisure and direct participation in games, it is that poor scrawny substitute for joy--the baseball extra. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Perhaps it seems preposterous to discuss baseball and syndicalism in the same paragraph. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Baseball (not so much for those who play it), is a colossal phenomenon in American life. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It means a mediocre hitter in baseball. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
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