: 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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Trout’s homer was part of a four-game series that featured four homers from Yankees’ slugger Aaron Judge.
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ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
Not everything involving the kind-hearted slugger worked.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
Moncada also made a diving stop of an Aaron Judge grounder in the first inning, popping up and throwing out the Yankees slugger.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
New York slugger Giancarlo Stanton, who leads active players with 454, missed by about a foot with a double off the center-field wall in the fifth.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
Not everything involving the kind-hearted slugger worked.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
Moncada also made a diving stop of an Aaron Judge grounder in the first inning, popping up and throwing out the Yankees slugger.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
New York slugger Giancarlo Stanton, who leads active players with 454, missed by about a foot with a double off the center-field wall in the fifth.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
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“Slugger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slugger. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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