"leadoff" meaning in English

See leadoff in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-leadoff.wav
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} leadoff (not comparable)
  1. (chiefly baseball) Beginning something by leading the way. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: leadoff hitter
    Sense id: en-leadoff-en-adj-JWjuuk5a Categories (other): Baseball, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Baseball Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11 Disambiguation of Baseball: 57 43 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-leadoff.wav Forms: leadoffs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} leadoff (plural leadoffs)
  1. Alternative spelling of lead off. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: lead off
    Sense id: en-leadoff-en-noun-4-akma~9

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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