Definition of Putout

1. Noun. An out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout). "The first baseman made 15 putouts"

Generic synonyms: Out
Specialized synonyms: Force, Force Out, Force Play, Force-out, Fielder's Choice, Sacrifice
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game
Derivative terms: Put Out, Put Out

Definition of Putout

1. Noun. (baseball) A play in which a batter is retired ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Putout

1. an act of causing an out in baseball [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Putout

putid
putlock
putlocks
putlog
putlogs
putoff
putoffs
putois
puton
putonghua
putonghuas
putons
putoranite
putour
putours
putout (current term)
putouts
putredinous
putrefacient
putrefaction
putrefactions
putrefactive
putrefactiveness
putrefiable
putrefied
putrefier
putrefiers
putrefies
putrefy
putrefying

Literary usage of Putout

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of American and English Law: With Definitions of the Technical by Stewart Rapalje, Robert Linn Lawrence (1888)
"... knocked about by cither persons in self-defense, ultimately hit and putout the plaintiff's eye. ..."

2. The New Italian, English, and French Pocket Dictionary: Carefully Comp. from by Ferdinando Bottarelli, Gaetano Polidori (1820)
"... far passare una moneta Put out, démettre, déposer, scavalcare, scacciare Put out, éteindre, estinguere putout to sea, démarrer, ..."

3. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1918)
"A ball striking a player on its way from the board counts against the side struck and scores a point or a putout for the opposition. ..."

4. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1884)
"After a while, weary of waiting for me to stop and talk with him, Master Richard would putout his paw and strike the pen ; and, if that did not bring on a ..."

5. The Historic Note-book: With an Appendix of Battles by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1891)
"May they be accursed In the life which now IN : and may their hope of salvation, like the light of these candles, be putout. ..."

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