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station-to-station

station-to-station noun: a strategy in which a team attempts to score runs by stealing bases, bunting, sacrificing, hitting singles and adopting hit-and-run plays; inside baseball or small ball.

Noun

station-to-station (uncountable)

  1. A strategy in which a team attempts to score runs by stealing bases, bunting, sacrificing, hitting singles and adopting hit-and-run plays; inside baseball or small ball.
  2. A strategy in which a team attempts to score runs by eschewing the stolen base and small ball, instead allowing baserunners to advance only on hits or other balls in play.
  3. A method of placing a telephone call in which the calling party will accept the placed call irrespective of respondent. This connection method has largely been superseded by direct dial connections.
  4. The procession by devotees along successive stations in the Stations of the Cross.

Questions about station-to-station

What does station-to-station mean?
Station-to-station means a strategy in which a team attempts to score runs by stealing bases, bunting, sacrificing, hitting singles and adopting hit-and-run plays; inside baseball or small ball.
What part of speech is station-to-station?
Station-to-station is a noun.

Words near station-to-station in the dictionary

  1. station wagon
  2. station wagons
  3. Station-Church Site
  4. station-house
  5. station-houses
  6. station-to-station
  7. stational
  8. stationaries
  9. stationarily
  10. stationariness
  11. stationarities

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