shortstop
/ʃɔɹt.stap/
shortstop noun: the infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman. Also the alternative form of short-stop.
Noun
shortstop (plural shortstops)
- The infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman.
- The shortstop ranged deep into the hole to make the stop.
- “Your father was the best baseball player anyone had ever seen.” Excited but halting, her voice ran on past all obstacles. “We watched him play shortstop, and my father said he was the best, and my brothers too. The Cardinals sent a man down to talk to him about one of their teams.” Like an ancient...2016, Mike Westphal, Cloud of Expectation; Book One: The In America Series, Xlibris, →ISBN
- A nimble defender.
- I'll play shortstop when we make our proposal.
- A player who is short of money.
- The shortstops and desperados were not permitted to play in this marker crap game.1981, Sam Grafstein, Dice Doctor
Also used as
shortstop is also the alternative form of short-stop.
shortstop meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Punjabi
shortstop in Tamil
- ஷார்ட்ஸ்டாப்
shortstop in Telugu
- షార్ట్స్టాప్
shortstop in Kannada
- ಶಾರ್ಟ್ಸ್ಟಾಪ್, ಶಾರ್ಟ್ಸ್ಟಾಪ್ಗೆ
shortstop in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ਾਰਟਸਟਾਪ
More languagesFewer languages
- shortstop in Odia
- ସର୍ଟଷ୍ଟପ୍, ସର୍ଟଷ୍ଟପ, ଶର୍ଟଷ୍ଟପ୍
- shortstop in Vietnamese
- chặn ngắn
Examples of shortstop in a sentence
- “We watched him play shortstop, and my father said he was the best, and my brothers too.2016, Mike Westphal, Cloud of Expectation; Book One: The In America Series, Xlibris, →ISBN:
- Cam Smith bounced to shortstop on a 100 mph fastball, and Jacob Melton also grounded out on an 86.9 mph curveball.2025 June 11, “White Sox pitching prospect Grant Taylor makes jump from Double-A to perfect major league debut”, in Associated Press...
Forms of shortstop
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | shortstops |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | shortstops |
| present participle | shortstopping |
| past participle | shortstopped |
| past | shortstopped |
Origin of shortstop
From short + stop.
Questions about shortstop
- What does shortstop mean?
- Shortstop means the infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman.
- What is shortstop in Tamil?
- Shortstop in Tamil is ஷார்ட்ஸ்டாப். See Shortstop meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use shortstop in a sentence?
- “We watched him play shortstop, and my father said he was the best, and my brothers too.
- What part of speech is shortstop?
- Shortstop is a noun.
- How do you pronounce shortstop?
- Shortstop is pronounced /ʃɔɹt.stap/ (US).
- What is the plural of shortstop?
- The plural of shortstop is shortstops.
Words near shortstop in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: shortstop (page history and authors); shortstop (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shortstop (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shortstop (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shortstop (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shortstop (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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