💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ghost runner"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| invisible runnernoun | (baseball) In informal baseball and stickball games, a baserunner who cannot steal a base but can, depending on the rules, advance on a wild pitch, and who usually travels at the rate of the current batter. |
| base runnernoun | (baseball) Alternative spelling of baserunner. [(baseball, softball) A player who is on base and is thus trying to advance to the next base.] |
| runnernoun | Agent noun of run; one who runs. |
| pinch runnernoun | (baseball) A substitute runner, usually brought in to replace a slow runner to increase the chance of that runner scoring. |
| baserunnernoun | (baseball, softball) A player who is on base and is thus trying to advance to the next base. |
| basestealernoun | (baseball) A player who steals a base. |
| designated runnernoun | A pinch runner. |
| running lanenoun | A highway lane that is open to traffic. Often used to describe when a hard shoulder is used as a normal traffic lane either permanently or conditionally during periods of heavy traffic. |
| ghostballnoun | (baseball) A type of pitch; the knuckleball. |
| wild pitchnoun | (baseball) A play where the pitcher throws a non-catchable pitch and a runner advances. |
| bleedernoun | A person who is easily made to bleed, or who bleeds in unusually large amounts, particularly a hemophiliac. |
| stolen basenoun | (baseball, softball) A play where a runner on any base runs to the next base, usually while the pitcher pitches to a batter. Such a runner is liable to be put out if tagged with the ball while not in contact with any base. |
| basepathnoun | (baseball) The grassless ways around the baseball diamond on which runners advance. |
| nonpitchernoun | (baseball) A player who is not a pitcher and therefore is required to bat |
| loopernoun | A (usually electronic) tool for creating music loops. |
| hidden-ball tricknoun | (baseball) A fielding play where the fielders deceive the baserunners as to the location of the ball, allowing one of the fielders to attempt to tag a runner out without the runner being aware of it. |
| baserunningnoun | (baseball) The act of running bases, or a player's skill in doing so |
| hit and runnoun | (law) The crime of causing a traffic collision, and leaving without acknowledging responsibility. |
| ghost in the graveyardnoun | (games) A children's game, a form of tag in which the player designated as the ghost attempts to catch the others before they can reach base. |
| ghostnoun | A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death. |
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