PUTOUT

Putout

In baseball statistics, a putout is given to a defensive player who records an out by one of the following methods:

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put out

Noun

  1. The statistic of the number of outs a defensive player directly caused.
    Jones recorded 15 put outs in the first half of the season.

Verb

  1. To place outside or eject.
    Don’t forget to put out the cat.
  2. To produce.
    The factory puts out 4000 units each day.
  3. To injure a part of the body, especially a joint.
    Don’t put out your back trying to lift that.
    Be careful with those scissors, or you'll put your eye out!
  4. To extinguish (a flame or light).
    They worked for days to put out the brushfire.
  5. To eliminate from a competition.
  6. To consent to sex.
  7. To cause a player on the offense to be out, especially of men on base.
  8. To cause a batsman (a player on the batting team) to be dismissed or out.
  9. To sail away, to depart.

Adjective

  1. Taking offense; indignant.
    He was put out at the mere suggestion of misconduct.


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