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shortstopping

shortstopping is the present participle and gerund of shortstop.

Meaning of shortstop

Noun

shortstop (plural shortstops)

  1. 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.
  2. (figuratively) A nimble defender.
    • I'll play shortstop when we make our proposal.
  3. 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

Questions about shortstopping

What is shortstopping the present participle and gerund of?
Shortstopping is the present participle and gerund of shortstop.

Words near shortstopping in the dictionary

  1. shortsome
  2. shortstack
  3. shortstacks
  4. shortstop
  5. shortstopped
  6. shortstopping
  7. shortstops
  8. Shortstown
  9. shortstuff
  10. shortsword
  11. shortswords

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shortstopping (page history and authors); shortstop (page history and authors). 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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