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  • verb To cause something to be ejected
  • verb baseball To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground
  • noun baseball An instance of an out created by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb emit or cause to move with force of effort
  • verb force with the thumb
  • verb press, force, or thrust out of a small space
  • verb cause to come out in a squirt
  • verb force or drive out
  • verb force to leave (an office)
  • verb terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
  • noun a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
  • verb expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process

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