fungo
US/ˈfʌŋɡoʊ/
fungo noun: a fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught.
Noun
fungo (plural fungos or fungoes)
- A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught.
- The fielding coach played fungo with the outfielders to warm them up.
- Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter aren’t going to China to […] hit fungoes to wide-eyed Chinese kids.2007 January 25, Murray Chass, “Yanks Hope to Get a Jump in China”, in New York Times
- A fungo bat.
- He is so strong he could hit it out of the park with a fungo.
Verb
fungo (third-person singular simple present fungos, present participle fungoing, simple past and past participle fungoed)
- To take part in a fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught.
Forms of fungo
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fungos |
| plural | fungoes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | fungos |
| present participle | fungoing |
| past participle | fungoed |
| past | fungoed |
Origin of fungo
Uncertain; perhaps from Scots fung (“to fling, throw”).
Words formed from fungo
Phrases with fungo
Questions about fungo
- What does fungo mean?
- Fungo means a fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught.
- What part of speech is fungo?
- Fungo can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce fungo?
- Fungo is pronounced /ˈfʌŋɡoʊ/ (US).
- What is the plural of fungo?
- The plural of fungo is fungos.
Words near fungo in the dictionary
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