line double
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3.7
- noun
- Jargon
- He hit a line double down the right field line in the seventh inning.
Examples
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The crowd cheered as the batter's line double brought in two runs.
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Her line double was one of the hardest-hit balls of the game.
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He hit a line double to left field.
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The batter scored with a line double.
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He hit a line double down the right field line in the seventh inning.
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The crowd cheered as the batter's line double brought in two runs.
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Her line double was one of the hardest-hit balls of the game.
Synonyms
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3.5
A hit that lets the batter reach second base
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8.1
A hit that lets the batter reach second base
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7.4
A hard, straight hit into the outfield that lets the batter reach second base
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4.2
A baseball play when the batter reaches second base safely
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8.1
A hit that lets the batter reach second base
A baseball hit that lets the batter reach second base safely
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is partially compositional: 'double' clearly signals a two-base baseball hit and 'line' can suggest a straight, low trajectory (as in 'line drive'), so a learner who knows those senses could plausibly infer a double produced by a straight hit. However, the sports-specific use of 'line' and the collocation 'line double' are jargon-like and not fully predictable to a B1 learner without exposure to baseball vocabulary, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
The noun line double comes from baseball. It describes a hard, straight hit that runs in a clear line into the outfield and lets the batter reach second base — a 'double' — so the name links the straight path and the two-base result.