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three-base hit

three-base hit

5.1
A baseball hit that lets the batter reach third base safely
  • noun
  • Jargon
translation icon : triple
  • He hit a three-base hit in the final inning.

Examples

  • He hit a three-base hit, allowing him to reach third base safely.

  • Did you see that three-base hit by Mark?

  • He thrilled the crowd with a three-base hit in the bottom of the ninth inning.

  • Her three-base hit helped the team take the lead.

  • The batter sprinted around the bases for a three-base hit during the game.

  • During the game, she celebrated after her three-base hit brought in a run.

  • The player's impressive three-base hit excited the crowd as he rounded second.

Synonyms

triple
vsthree-base hit
14 5.5

A hit that lets the batter reach third base safely

is the same baseball hit described with a different neutral phrase
three-bagger
vsthree-base hit
  • Jargon
1 8.4

A baseball hit that lets the batter reach third base

uses a different common term for that identical batting result
line-drive triple
vsthree-base hit
  • Jargon
5.3

A hard low hit in baseball that lets the batter reach third base

covers that same result but regardless of the hit type
line triple
vsthree-base hit
  • Jargon
5.6

A hit that reaches third base after a sharp line drive

refers more generally to reaching third base from a single hit

How Many

home run
169 2.3
three-base hit
  • Jargon
5.1
double
  • Jargon
32 3.5
single
  • Jargon
85 4.2

Surface Forms

three-base hit singular
three-base hits plural

Morphology

three-base + hit

The phrase composes 'three-base' (indicating reaching three bases/third base) with 'hit' (a successful strike), so the overall meaning 'a hit that allows the batter to reach third base' is directly derivable from the parts. This compositional logic is common cross-linguistically (e.g. 'triple'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should be able to infer the meaning.

Etymology

Three-base hit comes from baseball: it names a hit where the batter hits the ball and runs all the way to third base, so it means 'a hit that allows the batter to reach third base safely'.