Definition of putout
: the retiring of a base runner or batter by a defensive player in baseball
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Examples of putout in a Sentence
The shortstop fielded the grounder and threw to first base for the putout.
Recent Examples of putout from the Web
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Lauren Marcotte tallied four assists and three putouts, including a double play.
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Liguori, who has been committed orally to play softball at Maryland since her freshman year, also hit three home runs in a game and totaled 29 putouts and 58 assists.
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To that point, four of Heimlich's strikeout pitches had bounced and required throws to first by catcher Adley Rutschman for putouts.
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However, Day coaxed two softly hit balls back to her, resulting in a force at home and a putout at first.
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The sleight-of-hand of Brooks Robinson magically reducing doubles into 5-3 putouts.
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With the Mariners infield drastically shifted in the third, Delino DeShields was caught stealing at second base on a 2-5 putout.
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At third base, Anderson made a pair of pretty plays, including a smooth putout on his first defensive chance.
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The 45-year-old Rodriguez holds major league records for games caught (2,427) and putouts by a catcher (12,376).
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First Known Use of putout
1882
put out
Definition of put out
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: extinguish
- put the fire out
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: to produce for sale
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: to cause to be out (as in baseball or cricket)
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: to set out from shore
2
: to make an effort
3
: to engage in sexual intercourse especially promiscuously
Examples of put out in a Sentence
despite putting out her best effort, she was unable to beat her longtime tennis rival
put out the campfire before leaving
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The hackers put out feelers around the scene and found a buyer in the Seychelles who was willing to pay $5,000 for the counterfeit console.
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A month later, the family put out a public plea for help and began to offer a cash reward for answers.
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Zeitlin put out books with his Primavera Press, but that was a specialty imprint, much like the avant-garde Sun & Moon Press, which published out of an office on Wilshire Boulevard for many years.
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The National Weather Service in Miami put out a notice of potential severe weather Saturday.
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Senate Democrats back in February put out similar research that showed companies were giving the biggest part of their tax windfalls to investors and not workers.
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The Münster University Hospital put out an urgent call for citizens to donate blood — and so many people rushed to help that long lines of donors formed.
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Kushner and its partners put out a request for funds in October, but the agreement’s closure has been slowed as it was run up the chain of command at JPMorgan, according to one person familiar with the transaction.
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For 20 years before Trump came along, Fox News put out this idea of alternative facts.
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First Known Use of put out
14th century
put out Synonyms
Synonyms
discommode, disoblige, disturb, incommode, inconvenience, trouble;
Antonyms
Near Antonyms
ease, facilitate, smooth;
appease, conciliate, disarm, mollify, pacify, placate;
Related Words
burden, encumber, saddle, weigh;
fetter, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hinder, hobble, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere (with), manacle, obstruct, shackle, tie up, trammel;
aggravate, anger, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, exasperate, gall, get, irk, nettle, peeve, pique, rile, vex;
PUTOUT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of putout for English Language Learners
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baseball : an action that causes a batter or runner on the opposite team to be out
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