switch-hit

[ swich-hit ]
/ ˈswɪtʃˈhɪt /

verb (used without object), switch-hit, switch-hit·ting. Baseball.

to be able to bat from either side of the plate, or both as a left-handed and as a right-handed batter.

Origin of switch-hit

First recorded in 1950–55

OTHER WORDS FROM switch-hit

switch hitter, noun switch-hit·ter, noun

British Dictionary definitions for switch-hitter (1 of 2)

switch-hitter

noun US and Canadian

baseball a batsman who can hit either right- or left-handed
slang a bisexual person

British Dictionary definitions for switch-hitter (2 of 2)

switch-hit

verb

(intr) baseball to be able to bat either right- or left-handed

noun

cricket a shot in which the batsman jumps through 180 degrees to the opposite side of the wicket before swinging at the ball