| force play | |
noun | |
| a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base; "the shortstop got the runner at second on a force" [syn: force out] |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |