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second bases

second bases is the plural of second base.

Meaning of second base

Noun

second base

  1. (singular, singular-only) The base opposite home plate in a baseball infield.
    • The runner slid into second base with a double.
  2. (US, colloquial, singular, singular-only) Touching a partner under his or her clothes, without having sex.
    • How about this? French kissing. Seven minutes in heaven, culminating in second base.2011 November 3, “The Isolation Permutation”, in The Big Bang Theory, season 5, episode 8, spoken by Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik)

Questions about second bases

What is second bases the plural of?
Second bases is the plural of second base.

Words near second bases in the dictionary

  1. second banana
  2. second bananas
  3. second base
  4. second baseman
  5. second basemen
  6. second bases
  7. second best
  8. second bests
  9. second brain
  10. second brains
  11. second breakfast

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