switch-hit

1. 1.

   bat right-handed against a left-handed and left-handed against a right-handed pitcher

   Broaderbat

   baseball

Questions about switch-hit

What does switch-hit mean?

switch-hit means "bat right-handed against a left-handed and left-handed against a right-handed pitcher".

How many syllables are in switch-hit?

switch-hit has 2 syllables and divides as switch--hit under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is switch-hit a common word?

switch-hit is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.