单词 | fungo |
释义 | † fungon.1 Obsolete. A mushroom or fungus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > fungi > [noun] > fungus, mushroom, or toadstool froga1398 fungea1398 toadstool1398 paddock-stoola1400 padstoola1400 toad's hatc1440 paddockcheesea1500 campernoyle1527 fungus1527 frogstool1535 bruche1562 fungo1562 champignon1578 toadstool1607 toad's bread1624 canker1640 fung1665 fungoid1734 agaric1777 pixie stool1787 fungillus1794 toad's capa1825 fungal1836 hysterophyte1849 macrofungus1946 1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. 3v, in Bulwarke of Defence Rotten Moushrimpes, called Fungas. 1624 T. Wood tr. Verheiden Oration 58 Therefore Philip gaue him fungos, or Toads-bread [Du. Fungos, of padden-broodt] to eate. 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 73 Pure fungo's, such as Claudius eate, before His wife's came, after which he ne're eate more. a1680 S. Butler Mercurius Menippeus (1682) 7 Are Frogs, Fungos, and Toad stools the chiefest Dish in a Spiritual Collation? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2021). fungon.2 Baseball. 1. a. In a practice drill: a fly ball which is hit towards a player after being tossed into the air by the person with the bat, to give the player practice in catching fly balls. Chiefly in plural. ΚΠ 1867 H. Chadwick Base Ball Players' Bk. of Reference 138 Fungoes, a preliminary practice game in which one player takes the bat and tossing the ball up hits it as it falls, and if the ball is caught in the field on the fly, the player catching it takes the bat. It is useless as practice in batting, but good for taking fly balls. 1894 Boston Daily Globe 2 Feb. (Evening ed.) 8/5 He wanted Mr Corbett to appear before the game and knock ‘fungoes’ to the players. 1933 N.Y. Times 1 Mar. 21/3 He [sc. the manager] had been tearing up grounders in the vicinity of third base, running out hits in the batting practice and knocking fungoes to the outfield. 1974 S. Terkel Working vii. xx. 484 He won't shag flies, he won't catch fungoes. 2002 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) 6 Apr. d5/4 That was more or less just throwing batting practice and hitting fungoes to the guys. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > batting > types of hit skyscraper1842 single1851 grass trimmer1867 safe hit1867 roller1871 sacrifice1880 triple1880 two-bagger1880 sacrifice hit1881 pop-up1882 pop fly1884 fungo1887 bunt1889 safety1895 bunting1896 drive1896 hit and run1899 pinch hit1905 Texas leaguer1905 squeeze1908 hopper1914 scratch hit1917 squib1929 line-drive1931 nubber1937 lay-in1951 squeeze bunt1952 comebacker1954 moon shot1961 gapper1970 sacrifice fly1970 sacrifice bunt1974 1887 World (N.Y.) 3 July 18/4 Porter went out on a fungo hit to Paul Radford. 1891 World (N.Y.) 30 Apr. 7/2 Rusie struck out weakly, and Gore's fungo was grabbed by Griffin. 1900 Boston Sunday Globe 10 June 4/4 Stahl chased a high one and put up a fly for center, and Long sent up a fungo for Mertes. 2. Short for fungo bat n. at Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1921 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 26 Sept. 10/4 Maury has not been playing around the second sack recently, due to sickness and lack of punch with the old fungo. 1972 Jet 16 Nov. 56/2 I sincerely hope you'll swing the real heavy bat and not the fungo. 2015 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 June (Late ed.) d4 Assistant coach Andy Cannizaro..walked out of the dugout with a long slim bat known as a fungo. Compounds C1. General attributive and objective, as fungo batting, fungo fly, fungo hitter, fungo hitting, etc. ΚΠ 1871 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 31 May 4/7 This is not skillful batting—it is little more than ‘fungo’ hitting. 1886 Sporting Life (Philadelphia) 3 Mar. 2/3 Watching some of our freshmen practicing ‘fungo’ batting. 1920 N.Y. Times 11 Mar. 12/2 Arthur Neff, the pitcher, is the longest fungo hitter of the crowd. 1940 J. R. Tunis Kid from Tomkinsville iv. 51 When they were strung out in the field one of the coaches started batting fungo flies. 1947 N. Jones Evergreen Land 178 He liked better being called..the best horseshoe pitcher in the State, or the best fungo batter. 1989 D. Okrent & S. Wulf Baseball Anecd. v. 327 Jimmie Reese, the Picasso of fungo hitting. 2000 Time 2 Oct. 64/2 It may be through playing team sports—running endless baseball fungo drills..—that he picked up the discipline that allows him to focus on whatever is in front of him. C2. fungo bat n. a light, thin bat designed for hitting fungoes. ΚΠ 1910 Indianapolis Star 22 Apr. 10/2 Graham, the first man up, wielded his little fungo bat and drove the ball between Woodruff's legs. 1961 N.Y. Times 24 June 23/3 The girls use slender, twenty-eight-ounce bats that resemble fungo bats. 1993 J. Eugenides Virgin Suicides (2000) 240 With a fungo bat, Chase Buell hit a Wiffle ball into their yard. fungo stick n. a light, thin bat designed for hitting fungoes; = fungo bat n. ΚΠ 1912 Evening Times (Cumberland, Maryland) 9 Sept. 15/1 It was much of the order of the thin fungo sticks now used. 1990 M. Winegardner Prophet of Sandlots v. 108 You can't coach from behind a fungo stick, anyway. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fungov. Baseball. 1. intransitive. To hit a fly ball, esp. one that has been tossed into the air by oneself. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > play baseball [verb (intransitive)] > types of hit bunt1889 fungo1889 fly1893 sacrifice1905 triple1908 pinch-hit1911 homer1912 single1916 squeeze bunt1952 1889 World (N.Y.) 19 July 3/1 The visitors fanned and fungoed in a delirious way. 1892 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 17 July 8/1 The game opened with the Chicagos at the bat, they facing Stein in the box, and, after Wilmot had fungoed out, Dahlen and Ryan made safe hits. 1929 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 15 Aug. 13/2 The National League mark belongs to Mike Mitchell. He fungoed for the distance of 413 feet 8½ inches at Redland Field in 1907. 1998 J. Weinstein & T. Alston Baseball Coach's Survival Guide v. 125 All backups need to be practiced. You can do this in a team situation with or without live runners and a coach fungoing. 2. transitive. To hit (a fly ball, esp. one that has been tossed into the air by oneself). Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1899 Boston Daily Globe 11 July (Evening ed.) 7/6 Prof Tenney spat on his hands, fungoed off a couple of fouls, and then met one fair on the mark. 1908 Richmond (Indiana) Morning News 9 Apr. The latter fungoed a long hit to the left field. 1913 Gazette (Stevens Point, Wisconsin) 2 July 6/5 On one occasion he fungoed the ball clear over the distant right field fence. 1967 H. Nemerov Blue Swallows ii. 50 Lest I root out that wagon tongue on Bunker Hill And fungo your Golden Dome right into Fenway Park. 1991 Sporting News 1 Apr. s24/3 Despite a few more verbal pot-shots fungoed his way by Clark..Tony Gwynn again seems to be a happy man. 1999 N.Y. Times 15 Feb. d7/4 The Astros' manager, Leo Durocher, fungoed baseballs in an attempt to hit Miller. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11562n.21867v.1889 |
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