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Slugger

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batternounTo hit or strike violently and repeatedly.
hitternounOne who or that which hits.
batsmannoun(cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field.
sloggernoun(cricket) A cricketer who attempts to score runs fast by attacking every ball that can be hit.

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hitternounOne who or that which hits.
batternoun(cooking, countable, uncountable) A beaten mixture of flour and liquid (usually egg and milk), used for baking (e.g. pancakes, cake, or Yorkshire pudding) or to coat food (e.g. fish) prior to frying.
sloggernoun(cricket) A cricketer who attempts to score runs fast by attacking every ball that can be hit.
batsmannoun(cricket) A player of the batting side now on the field.
catchernoun(baseball) The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.
ringernoun(sports) A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.
championnounAn ongoing winner in a game or contest.
battingnounThe act of someone who bats.
terrornoun(countable, uncountable) Intense dread, fright, or fear.
acenoun(card games) A playing card showing a single pip, typically the highest or lowest ranking card in a game.
championingnounThe act of one who champions something; fervent support.
kiddonoun(US, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines) A child.
sonnynoun(dated) A familiar form of address for a boy.
champnoun(informal) Buddy, sport, mate. (as a term of address)
sonnounOne's male offspring.
circuit sluggernoun(baseball, idiomatic) A talented baseball batter who hits home runs.
fisticuffernoun(archaic) A person who engages in fisticuffs; a pugilist.
punchernoun(often in combination) A person who punches (in a specified manner).
slugnounAny of many gastropod mollusks, having no (or only a rudimentary) shell.
luggernounA small vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails.

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