Fungo definition
A fly ball hit for fielding practice by a player who tosses the ball up and hits it on its way down with a long, thin, light bat.
noun
(baseball) A batted ball, esp. a fly ball, hit for fielding practice: the ball is not pitched, but rather is tossed into the air by the batter and then struck as it descends.
noun
(baseball) 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.
noun
(baseball, informal) A fungo bat.
He is so strong he could hit it out of the park with a fungo.
noun
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
fungo
Plural:
fungoesOrigin of fungo
- Origin unknown
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition