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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A play in which two players are put out.

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  • noun baseball, softball A defensive play in which two outs are recorded.
  • noun US, colloquial Achieving two results from one action.

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

  • noun the act of getting two players out on one play

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