fungo
[ fuhng-goh ]
noun,plural fun·goes.Baseball.
(in practice sessions) a ball tossed into the air by the batter and struck as it comes down.
a batted ball, especially a fly ball, hit in this manner.
Also called fungo bat . a bat used in hitting fungoes, being lighter, longer, and narrower than an ordinary baseball bat.
Origin of fungo
1An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; of obscure origin
Words Nearby fungo
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How to use fungo in a sentence
Youve got enough beef about you to knock the ball out of the lot, and youve been doing fungo hitting, knocking up pop flies.
Baseball Joe, Home Run King | Lester ChadwickWe'll start in at light work, batting fungo and the like, limbering up our legs, and then we'll do hard work.
Baseball Joe in the Big League | Lester Chadwick
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