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sixer

8.4

A shot that scores six runs by going over the boundary without touching the ground

noun

Jargon

: seis

She celebrated wildly after her team scored a sixer during the final match.

Examples

The crowd erupted in cheers when he hit a stunning sixer over the boundary.
Sorry it's not a sixer.

Fright Night (2011)
His impressive performance included three sixers that changed the game's outcome.

Synonyms

to hit a sixer

vssixer

Jargon

9.9

To score six runs by hitting the ball over the boundary without it touching the ground

names the shot as a noun rather than the action of scoring

Surface Forms

sixer singular

sixers plural

Morphology

sixer = six (transparent) = six + er

Formed from 'six' + '-er' to denote an instance scoring six runs; the relation to the numeral is direct though it is specialized sports jargon.

Etymology

Sixer used in cricket comes from six and the ending -er, and it names a hit that earns 'six' runs by clearing the boundary, so a very strong shot is called a sixer.