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switch-hitter

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switch-hit

  [swich-hit]
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–verb (used without object), -hit, -hit⋅ting. Baseball.
to be able to bat from either side of the plate, or both as a left-handed and as a right-handed batter.
Origin:
1950–55

Related forms:
switch hitter, noun
switch-hitter, noun
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switch-hitter

  1. n.
    a ballplayer who bats either right-handed or left-handed. (Baseball.) : I'm not a switch-hitter. In fact, I can hardly hit the ball at all.
  2. n.
    a bisexual person. (From sense 1.) : Bart finally decided he was a switch-hitter and asked Brad for a date since Mary was busy.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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