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ダブルプレー Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ダブルプレー

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Meanings

1

Baseball term for a defensive play in which two outs are recorded on a single continuous action.

ショートがダブルプレーを完かん成せいさせ

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。

The shortstop completed a double play.

ダブルプレーでピンチを切きり抜ぬけた。

They got out of the jam with a double play.

Related words

併へい殺さつ
併殺 is the formal Sino-Japanese baseball term for a double play, while ダブルプレー is the everyday loanword heard in commentary and casual talk.

Built from

ダブル+プレー

Written forms

ダブル・プレー
- ダブルプレー
  Variant spelling with interpunct; less common in everyday use.
- ダブル・プレー

Etymology

Loanword from English 'double play', borrowed as a baseball term.