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putout

putout noun: a play in which a batter is retired.

Noun

putout (plural putouts)

  1. A play in which a batter is retired.
  2. The statistic of the number of outs a defensive player directly caused.
    • Jones recorded 15 putouts in the first half of the season.

Forms of putout

pluralputouts

Origin of putout

Deverbal from put out.

Questions about putout

What does putout mean?
Putout means a play in which a batter is retired.
What part of speech is putout?
Putout is a noun.
What is the plural of putout?
The plural of putout is putouts.

Words near putout in the dictionary

  1. putois
  2. putonghua
  3. putoo
  4. putoranite
  5. putos
  6. putout
  7. putouts
  8. putpocket
  9. putpockets
  10. Putrajaya
  11. Putrakameshti

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