Search Result for "force_play":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base;
- Example: "the shortstop got the runner at second on a force"
[syn: force out, force-out, force play, force]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

force play
    n 1: a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the
         putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching
         the base to which the runner must advance before the runner
         reaches that base; "the shortstop got the runner at second
         on a force" [syn: force out, force-out, force play,
         force]