Definition of Shortstop

1. Noun. (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position.

Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game
Generic synonyms: Infielder

2. Noun. The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base.
Exact synonyms: Short
Generic synonyms: Position
Group relationships: Baseball Team

Definition of Shortstop

1. n. The player stationed in the field bewtween the second and third bases.

Definition of Shortstop

1. Noun. (baseball) The infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman. ¹

2. Noun. (figuratively) A nimble defender. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shortstop

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shortstop

shortlists
shortlived
shortly
shortness
shortness of breath
shortnesses
shortribs
shorts
shortsheet
shortsheeted
shortsheeting
shortsheets
shortsighted
shortsightedly
shortsightedness
shortstop
shortstops
shortsword
shorttail
shorttail weasel
shortwave
shortwave diathermy machine
shortwaved
shortwaves
shortwaving
shortwing
shortwings
shory
shos

Literary usage of Shortstop

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

1. Handbook of Athletic Games for Players, Instructors, and Spectators by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft, William Dean Pulvermacher (1916)
"He plays closely with the shortstop, pitcher, and catcher, and throws often to first. THE Shortstop stands between second and third bases, usually just ..."

2. A Vocational Reader: By Park Pressey by Park Pressey (1916)
"PITCHER, Shortstop, OR OUT-FIELDER? ELBRIDGE B. LINCOLN Any one who has tried to manage a school ... The best of pitchers is usually a failure at shortstop; ..."

3. The Spell-to-write Spelling Books by Ambrose Leo Suhrie, Robert Philip Koehler (1921)
"654 shortstop player umpire center diamond against countries collection together governor special August colonies knew whose fault ashamed of himself 655 ..."

4. How to Play Baseball: A Manual for Boys by John Joseph McGraw (1914)
"This strength offsets the batting weakness, and speed in a shortstop is more ... The shortstop must work with the catcher and other infielders on signs. ..."

5. Mass Physical Training for Use in the Army and the Reserve Officers by Joseph Edward Raycroft (1920)
"On slow-hit ball coming to the shortstop the third baseman should cut across in front of shortstop and field the ball unless the shortstop calls for it. ..."

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