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batboy

batboy

2 3.5
A boy who helps a baseball team by collecting and caring for bats and equipment
  • noun
  • /ˈbætˌbɔɪ/
  • US
translation icon : chico de bate
  • Every summer, he worked as a batboy, fetching bats and helping the players during games.
  • served as a batboy
  • batboy year-old
  • old batboy

Examples

  • Look here, when Stanky found you you were a batboy in San Antonio.

    The Perfect Game (2009)

  • I was your batboy a long time ago.

    For Love of the Game (1999)

  • Practically every kid under 12 knew the batboy for Roosevelt Oil, and they knew his team liked him.

    Blog text (5)

  • What do you say about being the Benchwarmers' official batboy?

    The Benchwarmers (2006)

  • The batboy comes down the steps a little daydreamy, sliding Dark's black bat into the rack.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Hobbs kneels next to young Bobby Savoy, the batboy for the Knights.

    The Natural (1984)

  • On the sidelines, Johnny, Gordo, and the other kids serving as batboys and waterboys jump around in anticipation.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • As a young boy, he dreamed of becoming a batboy for his favorite baseball team.

  • The batboy quickly learned to respect the players and their equipment while assisting the team.

Surface Forms

batboy singular
batboys plural

Morphology

batboy = bat + boy (transparent) = bat + boy

Clear compound of 'bat' (baseball implement) + 'boy'; the meaning 'a youth who handles bats/equipment' follows directly from its parts.

Etymology

Batboy is simply the words bat and boy put together. 'Bat' is the wooden stick used in baseball and a 'boy' is a young person, so a batboy is the young helper who looks after the bats and equipment.