bullpen
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈbʊlˌpɛn/
- US
:
celda colectiva
- In the bullpen, the refugees waited patiently for news about their asylum applications.
And I'm sitting in a bullpen waiting to go back to the jail and this one lead FBI agent came back.
- And I'm sitting in a bullpen waiting to go back to the jail and this one lead FBI agent came back.
Examples
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And I'm sitting in a bullpen waiting to go back to the jail and this one lead FBI agent came back.
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Okay, the bullpen is larger than his cell.
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Field was waiting in the bullpen when we arrived at Bow Street Station.
Fiction book (1990) -
In any case, the major was not among us when we were sequestered in the bullpen with some thirty or so other malefactors; most likely, the major was in a hospital.
Fiction book (1995) -
We're the same age, we started at the same time—and now you're sitting in the upper decks while I'm still down in the bullpen.
Fiction book (1997) -
The immigrants were held in a bullpen until their cases were reviewed.
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After being arrested, the suspect spent the night in a crowded bullpen with others awaiting their hearings.
Synonyms
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1.5
A small room in a prison where guards keep prisoners
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4.1
A secure room in a police station where people wait briefly before going to court
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2.7
A small locked room in jail for holding a person
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8.1
A jail cell for prisoners who are violent
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4.4
A large room in a jail or police station where officers keep several people for a short time
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bullpen uses the same parts bull and pen, with pen meaning 'an enclosed place'. A helpful way to remember the prisoner meaning is to imagine many people kept together 'in a pen', which is why bullpen can mean a large temporary holding cell.