Subscriber login
Password
Forgot your password?
Library card login
Login with Shibboleth® »
Login with Athens »
Close menu
Oxford Dictionaries Online
The world's most trusted dictionaries
About
Subscriber services
What's new
Contact us
Help
Subscribe now
Already a subscriber or in a subscribing organization?
Login
Dictionary
Other language resources
US English
World English
Dictionary
Better writing
World of words
Puzzles and games
For children and schools
For learners of English
Email
Cite
switch-hitter
(switch-hitter)
noun
1
Baseball
an ambidextrous batter.
2
North American
informal
a bisexual person:
if I bring any switch-hitters home, it’s hands off
Derivatives
switch-hitting
adjective
More words in this category
alley
1
ball game
baseball
baseline
big league
bunt
1
cover
double steal
fly ball
grand slam
ground
1
Mudville
outfield
pinch-hit
sacrifice
starter
throw
webbing
Wiffle ball
Nearby Words
Swiss bank account
Swiss cheese
Swiss cheese plant
Swiss Confederation
Swiss darning
Swiss guard
Swiss roll
switch
switch selling
switch-hitter
switchback
switchblade
switchboard
switched-on
switcher
switcheroo
switchgear
switchgrass
switchman