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corked bat

corked bat noun: a bat that has been tampered with by drilling out part of the head of the bat and filling the resulting cavity with a light, compressible material (typically cork) in an attempt to improve the bat's performance (although performance is in fact degraded by corking the bat), rendering it illegal for use in play.

Noun

corked bat (plural corked bats)

  1. A bat that has been tampered with by drilling out part of the head of the bat and filling the resulting cavity with a light, compressible material (typically cork) in an attempt to improve the bat's performance (although performance is in fact degraded by corking the bat), rendering it illegal for use in play.

Forms of corked bat

pluralcorked bats

Questions about corked bat

What does corked bat mean?
Corked bat means a bat that has been tampered with by drilling out part of the head of the bat and filling the resulting cavity with a light, compressible material (typically cork) in an attempt to improve the bat's performance (although performance is in fact degraded by corking the bat), rendering it illegal for use in play.
What part of speech is corked bat?
Corked bat is a noun.
What is the plural of corked bat?
The plural of corked bat is corked bats.

Words near corked bat in the dictionary

  1. corkborer
  2. corkborers
  3. corkbush
  4. Corke
  5. corked
  6. corked bat
  7. corked bats
  8. corked it
  9. corked off
  10. corked out
  11. corked up

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