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switch-hitter

noun

Definitions

  1. A person who can bat either as a right-hander or a left-hander

    A person who can bat either as a right-hander or a left-hander; an ambidextrous batter.

    • The average ball player can become an effective switch hitter only if he has switched hit from the time he commenced playing.

  2. A batsman who performs switch-hits.

  3. A person who has sex with both male and female partners.

    • I met this fat, balding, bisexual 'switch-hitter'— that was his word, 'switch-hitter'— and he was my first experience."
    • The thinking is Ralston's gay—lots of us Fifth Squadders think he's gay. […] Or maybe he's a switch-hitter, a bisexual. Who knows?

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA