fungo

[ fuhng-goh ]

noun,plural fun·goes.Baseball.
  1. (in practice sessions) a ball tossed into the air by the batter and struck as it comes down.

  2. a batted ball, especially a fly ball, hit in this manner.

  1. Also called fungo bat . a bat used in hitting fungoes, being lighter, longer, and narrower than an ordinary baseball bat.

Origin of fungo

1
An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; of obscure origin

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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 Chadwick
  • We'll start in at light work, batting fungo and the like, limbering up our legs, and then we'll do hard work.