Switch-hitter

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who can bat either as a right-hander or a left-hander; an ambidextrous batter.

    "The average ball player can become an effective switch hitter only if he has switched hit from the time he commenced playing."

  2. 2
    a baseball player who can bat either right or left handed wordnet
  3. 3
    A batsman who performs switch-hits.
  4. 4
    slang term for a bisexual person wordnet
  5. 5
    A person who has sex with both male and female sexual partners. slang

    "I met this fat, balding, bisexual 'switch-hitter'— that was his word, 'switch-hitter'— and he was my first experience.""

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bisexual

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"The average ball player can become an effective switch hitter only if he has switched hit from the time he commenced playing."

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