fungoes

Variant of fungo

noun pl. fungoes

  1. a batted ball, esp. a fly ball, hit, as for fielding practice, by the batter after he has himself tossed the ball into the air
  2. the relatively long, thin bat used for this

Origin: < ? Scot fung, to toss

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