shortstop

See also: short stop and short-stop

English

Etymology

short +‎ stop

Noun

shortstop (plural shortstops)

1. (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.

2. (figuratively) A nimble defender.

   I'll play shortstop when we make our proposal.

See also

• catcher
• pitcher
• first baseman
• second baseman
• third baseman
• infielder
• outfielder

Translations

baseball position

• Catalan: interbase (ca) m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 游擊手／游击手 (yóujīshǒu)

• Czech: spojka (cs)
• Finnish: sortti (fi), polttaja (fi)
• French: arrêt-court (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: interbase
• Japanese: ショート (ja) (shōto), 遊撃手 (ja) (ゆうげきしゅ, yūgekishu),
• Korean: 유격수 (ko) (yugyeoksu)
• Portuguese: interbases
• Spanish: campo corto m, parador en corto m, torpedero m

Anagrams

• stop short

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English shortstop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔʁt.stɔp/

Noun

shortstop m (plural shortstops)

1. (baseball) shortstop

Further reading

• “shortstop”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English shortstop.

Noun

shortstop m (plural shortstops)

1. (baseball) shortstop