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fielder's choice

fielder's choice noun: a play in which a fielder puts out a baserunner, instead putting out the hitter at first base.

Noun

fielder's choice (countable and uncountable, plural fielders' choices or fielder's choices)

  1. A play in which a fielder puts out a baserunner, instead putting out the hitter at first base.

Forms of fielder's choice

pluralfielders' choices
pluralfielder's choices

Questions about fielder's choice

What does fielder's choice mean?
Fielder's choice means a play in which a fielder puts out a baserunner, instead putting out the hitter at first base.
What part of speech is fielder's choice?
Fielder's choice is a noun.
What is the plural of fielder's choice?
The plural of fielder's choice is fielders' choices.

Words near fielder's choice in the dictionary

  1. fielded out
  2. fielded up
  3. fielden
  4. Fieldens
  5. fielder
  6. fielder's choice
  7. fielder's choices
  8. fielders
  9. fielders' choices
  10. fieldes
  11. fieldfare

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