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checked swing

[ chekt swing ]

noun

, Baseball.
  1. a swing of the bat in which the batter holds back just after starting to swing, thereby avoiding swinging into a strike:

    It looked like a checked swing to me, but the umpire called him out, saying he swung for the third strike.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of checked swing1

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30; originally as half-checked swing

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