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noun • (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball or softball lightly by holding the bat in a stationary position rather than swinging it • disease of wheat characterized by replacement of the grains with greasy masses of smelly smut spores • similar to Tilletia caries • fungus that destroys kernels of wheat by replacing them with greasy masses of smelly spores verb • hit a ball in such a way so as to make it go a short distance • to strike, thrust or shove against | ||||||||
34% | 6 | Gently hit a surface | ||||||
adjective • in a condition for letting out liquid drawn out as by piercing or drawing a plug | ||||||||
32% | 9 | Gently unravel line, gently cutting top | ||||||
adverb • in a permissively lenient manner | ||||||||
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