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Altuve

Altuve noun: a distance of five feet and five inches, used chiefly as a unit to measure distances of home run balls.

Noun

Altuve (plural Altuves)

  1. (slang) A distance of five feet and five inches, used chiefly as a unit to measure distances of home run balls.
    • So, if you want to know the minimum length of a World Cup Soccer field while watching TV, it's 60.9 Altuves.2014 June 30, Bob Nightengale, “Diminutive dandy: Jose Altuve keeps reaching new heights”, in USA Today
    • In 2012 Houston Astros fan Bryan Trostel was watching a game when he heard the announcers joke about how many “altuves” a home run had traveled.2015, Uncle John's FACTASTIC Bathroom Reader, →ISBN

Examples of Altuve in a sentence

  • No matter how you slice it, Altuve is one of the best hitters in baseball despite yielding at least 7 inches (that’s about .108 Altuves) to every other elite hitter.2018 February 20, Kate Preusser, Isabelle Minasian, Tim Cantu, Connor Donovan, “2018 AL West Preview: The Astros’ Lineup”, in Lookout...
  • Want to know how many Altuves there are from home plate to first base?2018 June 1, Melanie Hauser, “Ways to recover from the Rockets' loss”, in Houston Chronicle:

Forms of Altuve

pluralAltuves

Origin of Altuve

After José Altuve, Venezuelan-American baseball player who stands five feet, five inches tall.

Questions about Altuve

What does Altuve mean?
Altuve means a distance of five feet and five inches, used chiefly as a unit to measure distances of home run balls.
How do you use Altuve in a sentence?
No matter how you slice it, Altuve is one of the best hitters in baseball despite yielding at least 7 inches (that’s about .108 Altuves) to every other elite hitter.
What part of speech is Altuve?
Altuve is a noun.
What is the plural of Altuve?
The plural of Altuve is Altuves.

Words near Altuve in the dictionary

  1. Altstätten
  2. ALTTP
  3. altumomab
  4. Alturas
  5. Altus
  6. Altuve
  7. Altuves
  8. Alty
  9. altyn
  10. Altyn Tagh
  11. altyns

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