: one that strikes hard or with heavy blows: such as
a
: a prizefighter who punches hard but has usually little defensive skill
b
: a hard-hitting batter in baseball
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When his dad played a season with the New York Yankees, Holliday, by then thirteen years old, befriended the slugger Aaron Judge.
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Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2024
Three times, Shohei Ohtani stepped to the plate with runners in scoring position, and three times the slugger swung at the first pitch, producing a 108-mph groundout to second base in the second, a routine grounder to second in the fourth and a fly ball to center field in the seventh.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
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Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2024
Three times, Shohei Ohtani stepped to the plate with runners in scoring position, and three times the slugger swung at the first pitch, producing a 108-mph groundout to second base in the second, a routine grounder to second in the fourth and a fly ball to center field in the seventh.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
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“Slugger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slugger. Accessed 5 May. 2024.
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