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bench warmer
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  bench warmer - (sports) a substitute who seldom playsathletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competitionsecond-stringer, substitute, reserve - an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced |
bench warmer
bench warmerAn athlete who does not get much playing time (usually because they are not very good or skilled). I'm just a bench warmer, so you won't see me out on the court much.See also: bench, warmerbench warmer n. a ballplayer who spends most of the game on the bench waiting to play; a second-rate player. You’ll never be anything but a bench warmer. See also: bench, warmerbenchwarmerA person who is seldom or never active in an enterprise. Derived from the sports meaning of a player who rarely or never takes part in a game but is relegated to sitting on the bench, the term, which dates from the early 1900s, was almost immediately transferred to other circumstances. The sports meaning appeared in a 2006 film, The Benchwarmers, about three not very competent ballplayers. bench warmer
Words related to bench warmernoun (sports) a substitute who seldom playsRelated Words- athletics
- sport
- second-stringer
- substitute
- reserve
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