fungo

fun·go

noun

pl. -·goes

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

Origin of fungo

from uncertain or unknown; perhaps Scottish fung, to toss

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fungo

noun

pl. fun·goes Baseball

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.

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Noun

(plural fungoes)

(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.
(baseball, informal) A fungo bat.
He is so strong he could hit it out of the park with a fungo.

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