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Meaning of "fungo" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FUNGO

fungo  [ˈfʌŋɡəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FUNGO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fungo is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FUNGO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

fungo

Baseball bat

A baseball bat is a smooth wooden or metal club used in the sport of baseball to hit the ball after it is thrown by the pitcher. By regulation it may be no more than 2.75 inches in diameter at the thickest part and no more than 42 inches long. Although historically bats approaching 3 pounds were swung, today bats of 33 ounces are common, topping out at 34 ounces to 36 ounces.

Definition of fungo in the English dictionary

The first definition of fungo in the dictionary is the act of tossing the ball upwards and hitting it as it descends. Other definition of fungo is a ball hit after in this manner. Fungo is also a light bat designed to be used to hit fungoes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FUNGO


bingo
ˈbɪŋɡəʊ
bongo
ˈbɒŋɡəʊ
Congo
ˈkɒŋɡəʊ
dingo
ˈdɪŋɡəʊ
Durango
djʊˈræŋɡəʊ
fandango
fænˈdæŋɡəʊ
fango
ˈfæŋɡəʊ
flamingo
fləˈmɪŋɡəʊ
gringo
ˈɡrɪŋɡəʊ
Kongo
ˈkɒŋɡəʊ
lingo
ˈlɪŋɡəʊ
Mandingo
mænˈdɪŋɡəʊ
mango
ˈmæŋɡəʊ
Marengo
məˈrɛŋɡəʊ
mongo
ˈmɒŋɡəʊ
mundungo
mʌnˈdʌŋɡəʊ
mungo
ˈmʌŋɡəʊ
pongo
ˈpɒŋɡəʊ
Sango
ˈsɑːŋɡəʊ
tango
ˈtæŋɡəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FUNGO

fungal
fungi
fungibility
fungible
fungible issue
fungic
fungicidal
fungicidally
fungicide
fungiform
fungistat
fungistatic
fungistatically
fungoid
fungoidal
fungosity
fungous
fungus
fungus-like
funicle

WORDS THAT END LIKE FUNGO

Belgian Congo
by jingo
camerlengo
charango
Chilpancingo
contango
Democratic Republic of Congo
Domingo
drongo
ingo
jingo
Niger-Congo
Okavango
quango
Republic of Congo
Santo Domingo
Shango
stingo
the Democratic Republic of Congo
Victoria de Durango

Synonyms and antonyms of fungo in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fungo» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FUNGO

Find out the translation of fungo to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fungo from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fungo» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

fungo
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fungo
570 millions of speakers

English

fungo
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

fungo
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

fungo
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Fungo
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fungo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

fungo
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fungo
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fungo
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fungo
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ノック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

fungo
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fungo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

fungo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

fungo
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फेंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fungo
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Fungo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fungo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Fungo
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Fungo
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

fungo
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Fungo
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fungo
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fungo
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fungo

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FUNGO»

The term «fungo» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.373 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of fungo
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FUNGO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fungo» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fungo» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fungo

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FUNGO»

Discover the use of fungo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fungo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Softball: Steps to Success
Fungo hitting is hitting the ball out of your own hand, either onto the ground [ ground balls) or into the air (fly balls). This skill is mainly used to facilitate practice of fielding grounders and fly balls or to practice plays that follow fielding, such as  ...
Diane L. Potter, Lynn V. Johnson, 2007
2
The Baseball Drill Book
Four fungo hitters are stationed at home plate with two hitters on the left side of home and two hitters on the right side. I use my pitchers to hit fungoes. If you don't have enough pitchers to hit, have outfielders or coaches fill in. The fungo hitters ...
Bob Bennett, 2004
3
The Baseball Handbook
2. Multiple relay drill. Use a full team, with three outfielders, a shortstop, a second baseman, and a pitcher ready to rotate into the drill on the next fungoed ball. Hit the fungo ball down the lines and then in the power alleys for a sure double and ...
Bernie Walter, 2002
4
A Compendium of Human & Comparative Pathological Anatomy
Enckel1na1m D. de fungo articulor. 4~to. Argent. l74~9.——Reimarus D. de tumore ligamentorurn circa articulos, fungo articulorum dicto. Leid. 1757. - Cartheuser D. de fungo articulor. Francof. 1769.—Sidrén resp. Bockler D. de tumore ...
Adolph Wilhelm Otto, 1831
5
Coaching Baseball Successfully
Using fungo bats, one coach hits grounders to the third baseman, and another hits grounders to the shortstop and second baseman. For the first part of the drill ( figure 10.1 la), the third baseman works on coming across the bag and throwing to ...
Mike Curran, Ross Newhan, 2007
6
Diseases of Mites and Ticks
Annals of the IX Biennial Conference of the Society for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Merida, Mexico, p 199 Barbosa JV, Daemon E, Bittencourt VREP et al ( 1997) Efeitos de dois isolados do fungo Beauveria bassiana (Bals.) Vuill. sobre a  ...
Jan Bruin, L. P. S. van der Geest, 2009
7
Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale: Annals 2010
8a mostra il segnale acquisito dal sensore piezoelettrico posizionato sul fungo della rotaia. La Fig. 8b presenta gli spostamenti normali alla superficie misurati tramite l'approccio numerico nello stesso punto. Esaminando il tempo di arrivo ...
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8
Baseball Miscellany: Everything You Always Wanted to Know ...
Fungo To fungo is to pick up a ball, toss it in the air, and hit it. Before games, coaches can be seen hitting fungoes to players during batting practice, though the glory days of fungoes are in the past. In the early years of the twentieth century, ...
Matthew Silverman, 2011
9
Wordcatcher: An Odyssey into the World of Weird and ...
An Odyssey into the World of Weird and Wonderful Words Phil Cousineau. fungO A practice fly ball in baseball. One of the great unknowns and so one of the most fun words to speculate about. It dates back to at least 1867, possibly to a similar ...
Phil Cousineau, 2013
10
Poesie Drammatiche Rusticali
Giulio Ferrario. Ant. Chi sa ch' e' non sia '1 mal di mona Riccia, La moglie di Fruson da Miransù. Tina. Sai tu parole da incantar gnun male? Ant. Per chi ha mangiato funghi. Tina. Dille avale. Ant. Dimmi tu dreto. 'fina. Si. Ant. Fungo di pino.
Giulio Ferrario, 1812

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FUNGO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fungo is used in the context of the following news items.
1
In era of garden gnomes, Orioles Manager Buck Showalter does …
Three hours before Friday's game, Showalter strode into his interview room carrying an orange-and-black Orioles fungo bat like a general's ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
Kennebec Journal Softball Coach of the Year: Coughlin finds …
How does a coach approaching his third decade in the dugout and entering his seventh decade on Earth keep swinging the fungo bat with the ... «Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, Jul 15»
3
Washington Nationals - TeamReport
He took swings with a fungo bat July 4. He is likely out until August. --OF Reed Johnson (left calf strain) went on the 15-day disabled list April 29 ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
4
Washington Nationals News: Nats' trio nearing return from disabled list
According to Ladson, Werth has been doing outfield drills and swinging a fungo bat. The outfielder is recovering from two small fractures in his ... «District On Deck, Jul 15»
5
All-Star Lorenzo Cain doesn't mind being center of attention
With Cain, it was three or four hits with a fungo bat. “It took him, like, one blink of the eye,” Kuntz says. “Then he was gone. I'm not talking about ... «Kansas City Star, Jul 15»
6
Lorenzo Cain Tops Cast of Kansas City Royals All-Stars
With Cain, it was three or four hits with a fungo bat. Cain's development into a five-tool player is evident in the strides he's made at the plate – in ... «H4TV ENTERTAINMENT, Jul 15»
7
Five Things I Love About Red
For years, I marveled at his fungo-bat ability, hitting hard grounders to infielders during fielding practice. And each Opening Day, Red doesn't ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
8
Memories of the 'Green Cathedral' in the 1950s
He can still hear the crack of a Bob Blouin fungo, the smell of the fresh-cut grass and the heavy morning dew on the infield carpet that spawned ... «Foster's Daily Democrat, Jul 15»
9
Community briefs for July 8
Items include Red Wing Stoneware pieces, jerseys, a fungo bat used by manager Sam Mele, World Series tickets and more. The exhibit was ... «Republican Eagle, Jul 15»
10
Il chitridio, il fungo killer degli anfibi, arriva in Madaga...
Lo scorso marzo potrebbe aver segnato l'ingresso del Madagascar in una nuova epoca. Il chitridio, un fungo che blocca gli scambi gassosi ... «La Stampa, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Fungo [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/fungo>. Apr 2024 ».
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