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• 1 English
  • 1.1 Alternative forms
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
  • 1.4 References

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English Wikipedia has an article on:switch-hitterWikipedia

Alternative forms

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• switch hitter

Pronunciation

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Noun

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switch-hitter (plural switch-hitters)

1. (baseball) A person who can bat either as a right-hander or a left-hander; an ambidextrous batter.
   • 1961, National Association of Basketball Coaches of the United States, American Football Coaches Association, Athletic Journal, volume 46, page 23:The average ball player can become an effective switch hitter only if he has switched hit from the time he commenced playing.
2. (cricket) A batsman who performs switch-hits.
3. (slang, sexuality) A person who has sex with both male and female sexual partners. Synonym: bisexual
   • 1983, Edmund White, States of Desire: Travels in Gay America, page 218:I met this fat, balding, bisexual 'switch-hitter'— that was his word, 'switch-hitter'— and he was my first experience."
   • 2010, Paul Bouchard, A Package at Gitmo, page 78:The thinking is Ralston's gay—lots of us Fifth Squadders think he's gay. […] Or maybe he's a switch-hitter, a bisexual. Who knows?

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• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

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