"fungo" meaning in English

See fungo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfʌŋɡoʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fungo.wav Forms: fungos [plural], fungoes [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌŋɡoʊ Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps from Scots fung (“to fling, throw”). Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{der|en|sco|fung||to fling, throw}} Scots fung (“to fling, throw”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|es}} fungo (plural fungos or fungoes)
  1. (baseball) A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught. Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-fungo-en-noun-vmWUd8Ij Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (baseball, informal) A fungo bat. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-fungo-en-noun-LwUOuPaH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 44 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 13 6 11 6 13 0 7 7 13 0 0 7 7 0 7 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 8 13 7 11 0 8 8 11 0 0 8 6 0 8 1 0 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fungo bat

Verb

IPA: /ˈfʌŋɡoʊ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fungo.wav Forms: fungos [present, singular, third-person], fungoing [participle, present], fungoed [participle, past], fungoed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌŋɡoʊ Etymology: Uncertain; perhaps from Scots fung (“to fling, throw”). Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{der|en|sco|fung||to fling, throw}} Scots fung (“to fling, throw”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} fungo (third-person singular simple present fungos, present participle fungoing, simple past and past participle fungoed)
  1. (baseball) To take part in a fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught. Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-fungo-en-verb-Xt924GI5 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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