ノックバット

noun

fungo bat

A lightweight, thin-handled bat used by coaches to hit practice grounders and fly balls during fielding drills. Wasei-eigo from English 'knock bat'.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from knock bat

• コーチがノックバットで内ない野やゴロを打うつ。

  The coach hits an infield grounder with the fungo bat.

• ノックバットは普ふ通つうのバットより細ほそくて軽かるい。

  A fungo bat is thinner and lighter than a regular bat.