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See also: short stop and short-stop
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
shortstop (plural shortstops)
- (baseball) The infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman.
- The shortstop ranged deep into the hole to make the stop.
- (figuratively) A nimble defender.
- I'll play shortstop when we make our proposal.
- (gambling) A player who is short of money.
- 1981, Sam Grafstein, Dice Doctor:
- The shortstops and desperados were not permitted to play in this marker crap game.
Translations[edit]
baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English shortstop.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
shortstop m (plural shortstops)
Further reading[edit]
- “shortstop”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English shortstop.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
shortstop m (plural shortstops)
Usage notes[edit]
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
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