fungo
noun
fun·go
ˈfəŋ-(ˌ)gō 
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
Examples of fungo in a Sentence
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He can be found all over the complex this spring, sometimes on the half-field hitting a fungo, observing infielders taking grounders or watching bullpen sessions.
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Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2025
There are fungo drills and batting practice.
—BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2021
Story in the swing Trevor Story (right wrist fracture) swung a fungo Tuesday and is progressing, the second baseman said.
—Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2022
Havre de Grace keeps the fungo for another year with a 6-3 win in Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference, Susquehanna Division play.
—Randy McRoberts, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2022
The best fungo golfer in the group Kapler watched: the other top candidate for Opening Night, Kevin Gausman.
—Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2021
Coaches strode the field wearing masks and carrying fungo bats.
—Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 4 July 2020
Slash all the electronic cables with machetes, fungo-bat the monitors to smithereens.
—Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 27 Feb. 2020
First-base coach Daryl Boston has been working Palka with fungo drills.
—Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 23 May 2018
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Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2025
There are fungo drills and batting practice.
—BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2021
Story in the swing Trevor Story (right wrist fracture) swung a fungo Tuesday and is progressing, the second baseman said.
—Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2022
Havre de Grace keeps the fungo for another year with a 6-3 win in Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference, Susquehanna Division play.
—Randy McRoberts, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2022
The best fungo golfer in the group Kapler watched: the other top candidate for Opening Night, Kevin Gausman.
—Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2021
Coaches strode the field wearing masks and carrying fungo bats.
—Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 4 July 2020
Slash all the electronic cables with machetes, fungo-bat the monitors to smithereens.
—Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 27 Feb. 2020
First-base coach Daryl Boston has been working Palka with fungo drills.
—Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 23 May 2018
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“Fungo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fungo. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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