fungo

noun fun·go \ ˈfəŋ-(ˌ)gō \

Updated on: 22 Apr 2018

Definition of fungo

plural fungoes

1 : a fly ball hit especially for practice fielding by a player who tosses a ball in the air and hits it as it comes down

2 : fungo bat

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While the Angels took infield before the Texas finale Wednesday, Ohtani stood by the cage with a bat in his hand waiting for BP near where Scioscia was hitting fungo to some infielders.

— stephen hawkins, chicagotribune.com, "Shohei Ohtani eager for more as Angels balance work for 2-way star," 12 Apr. 2018
And dad liked to take us to Lincoln Park and hit fungos to my twin brother, Javier, and me.

— john hickey, The Mercury News, "Adam and Will Rosales proselytize for baseball," 11 Apr. 2017
Since then, his only baseball activity has been hitting one-handed fungos to teammates in ground ball practice.

— nick groke, The Denver Post, "Colorado skipper Bud Black faces the Padres with a new perch; Rockies still scanning Desmond, Dahl and Murphy," 10 Apr. 2017

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First Known Use: circa 1867

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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