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solo blast

solo blast

6.4
A home run with no other players on base that scores one run
  • noun
  • /ˈsoʊloʊ blæst/
  • Jargon
translation icon : home run solitario
  • Did you see that solo blast by Mark?

Examples

  • He hit a solo blast in the eighth inning.

  • The game started with a solo blast, putting the visitors up by one run.

  • His first major league home run was a solo blast that gave his team the lead.

  • The batter hit a solo blast over the left-field wall in the third inning.

  • In the last game of the season, Mike hit a solo blast that brought the crowd to its feet.

  • Her solo blast in the eighth inning secured the win for the team, as there were no runners on base.

  • During the game, he celebrated after hitting a solo blast, adding one more point to the scoreboard.

Synonyms

home run
vssolo blast
169 2.3

A hit that lets the batter run all the bases and score a run

specifies instead that the hit scores only one run with empty bases
homer
vssolo blast
  • Informal
68 5.3

A hit that lets the batter run all the bases and score

is the specific case scoring one run with no other runners
blast
vssolo blast
  • Jargon
4 3.6

A very long high hit in baseball often for a home run

in this sense means the same hit but only when bases are empty
dinger
vssolo blast
  • Slang
3 8.3

A baseball hit that goes over the fence to score

refers specifically to the single run case with bases empty
solo homer
vssolo blast
  • Jargon
1 6.5

A home run hit when no one is on base that scores one run

has identical meaning but uses a different expression

Surface Forms

solo blast singular
solo blasts plural

Morphology

solo + blast

The parts combine predictably: 'solo' means alone/no other runners and 'blast' denotes a powerful long hit, so a B1 learner can infer a powerful hit by the batter with no one on base (i.e., a one-run home run). However, 'blast' as a noun meaning 'home run' and the scoring implication are sports-specific collocational knowledge, so the exact meaning is not fully predictable without exposure to baseball jargon.

Etymology

Solo blast pairs solo ('alone') with blast (a very strong hit). Imagine a loud, lone hit that sends the batter home and scores 'one run' because no one else was on base, so the phrase means 'a home run with no other runners on base'.