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shortstop - 5 dictionary results

short⋅stop

[shawrt-stop]
–noun
1. Baseball.
a. the position of the player covering the area of the infield between second and third base.
b. a fielder who covers this position.
2. Also called shortstop bath. Photography. stop bath.

Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; short + stop

stop bath

–noun Photography.
an acid bath or rinse for stopping the action of a developer before fixing a negative or print.
Also called shortstop, shortstop bath.


Origin:
1915–20
short·stop   (shôrt'stŏp')   
n.   Baseball Abbr. SS
  1. The field position between second and third base.
  2. The infielder who occupies this position.

Shortstop

Short"stop`\, n. (Baseball) The player stationed in the field bewtween the second and third bases.

shortstop  (n.)
1837, from short (adj.) + stop. In cricket, there also is a longstop.
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