fungo
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 5
/ˈfʌŋɡoʊ/
(US)
Definition of fungo
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught.
“The fielding coach played fungo with the outfielders to warm them up.”
“Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter aren’t going to China to […] hit fungoes to wide-eyed Chinese kids.”
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noun
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A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught.
“The fielding coach played fungo with the outfielders to warm them up.”
“Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter aren’t going to China to […] hit fungoes to wide-eyed Chinese kids.”
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(informal)A fungo bat.
“He is so strong he could hit it out of the park with a fungo.”
verb
- To take part in a fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Uncertain; perhaps from Scots fung (“to fling, throw”).
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