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: switch--hit. The stress falls on "hit".

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.