fungo
- noun
- /ˈfʌŋɡoʊ/
- Jargon
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fungo
- The afternoon had been hot and close, but toward evening the humidity broke and the breeze grew merciful, particularly at the highest point of Burton Street where we had been playing fungo with a spaldeen and an old broom handle doctored with black electrician's tape.
Examples
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It's the child in me that just won't let go, the part of me that still returns in the occasional dream to Burton Street, to the night when it was just me and Huge playing fungo, knocking fly balls down the street, tearing apart the fabric of reality with our bare hands.
Fiction book (1995) -
"If you wanna play fungo for a while, that's fine with me."
Fiction book (1995) -
The coach demonstrated how to properly use a fungo bat during practice drills.
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Before the game, the team gathered to take turns hitting fungos for fielding practice.
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Each player took a few swings at the fungo to improve their catching skills.
Surface Forms
Etymology
No one knows exactly where fungo came from, but a helpful way to remember it is to think of fun + go, because a coach makes a ball 'go' to players during practice. That's why a fungo can mean the ball tossed or hit for fielding practice.
