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a batted ball, usually poorly hit, barely enabling the batter to reach base safely: a scratch hit off the end of the bat.[1915-20]
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Scratch hit — Scratch hit, n. (Baseball) a base hit which was weakly batted, barely allowing the batter to reach first base safely. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scratch hit — noun : a batted ball not solidly hit or cleanly fielded yet credited to the batter as a base hit * * * Baseball. a batted ball, usually poorly hit, barely enabling the batter to reach base safely: a scratch hit off the end of the bat. [1915 20] * … Useful english dictionary
scratch hit — noun Date: 1903 a batted ball not solidly hit yet credited to the batter as a base hit … New Collegiate Dictionary
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scratch — [skrach] vt. [LME scracchen, prob. altered < scratten, to scratch, based on cracchen < or akin to MDu cratsen, to scratch < IE base * gred > Alb gërüj, (I) scratch] 1. to mark, break, or cut the surface of slightly with something… … English World dictionary
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