putout

put·out  (ptout)

n. Baseball Abbr. PO

A play made by one or more fielders that causes a batter or a baserunner to be ruled out.

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putout - an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout); "the first baseman made 15 putouts" out - (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning" force out, force play, force-out, force - a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base; "the shortstop got the runner at second on a force" fielder's choice - a play made on a ground ball in which the fielder chooses to put out an advancing runner instead of the batter sacrifice - (baseball) an out that advances the base runners baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"