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outfielding

outfielding noun: the role of a baseball player in the outfield.

Noun

outfielding (uncountable)

  1. The role of a baseball player in the outfield.
    • Statistically, outfielding is tougher to judge than infielding. Some outfielders have gone entire seasons without committing errors but haven't been particularly useful.1987, Jim Kaplan, Playing the Field, page 123

Origin of outfielding

From outfield + -ing.

Questions about outfielding

What does outfielding mean?
Outfielding means the role of a baseball player in the outfield.
What part of speech is outfielding?
Outfielding is a noun.

Words near outfielding in the dictionary

  1. outfield player
  2. outfield players
  3. outfielded
  4. outfielder
  5. outfielders
  6. outfielding
  7. outfields
  8. outfieldsman
  9. outfieldsmen
  10. outfight
  11. outfighter

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