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dugout
[ duhg-out ]
noun
- a boat made by hollowing out a log.
- Baseball. a roofed structure enclosed on three sides and with the fourth side open and facing the playing field, usually with the floor below ground level, where the players sit when not on the field.
- a rough shelter or dwelling formed by an excavation in the ground, in the face of a bank, in the side of a hill, etc., especially one used by soldiers.
dugout
/ ˈʌɡˌʊ /
noun
- a canoe made by hollowing out a log
- military a covered excavation dug to provide shelter
- slang.a retired officer, former civil servant, etc, recalled to employment
- (at a sports ground) the covered bench where managers, trainers, etc sit and players wait when not on the field
- (in the Canadian prairies) a reservoir dug on a farm in which water from rain and snow is collected for use in irrigation, watering livestock, etc
Word History and Origins
Origin of dugout1
Example Sentences
As Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Jacob deGrom traded zeroes at Globe Life Field in Texas last week, Kershaw sat in the dugout, mesmerized by what he could only describe as an exhibition in pitching excellence.
For much of his Dodgers tenure over the last two seasons, such a situation would usually trigger an automatic “four” signal from the opposing dugout.
And in between, he waited in the dugout for the 25 minutes while the Dodgers launched an assault on Rockies starter Germán Márquez.
“I picked up the pink one and swung it around a little bit,” Turner said of his time with Harper in the dugout before the reveal.
It was all fun and games last week for the De La Rosa family when brothers R.J. and Uriel suited up for El Camino Real and Cleveland, respectively, and sat in opposite dugouts.
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