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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(baseball) A person who can bat either as a right-hander or a left-hander; an ambidextrous batter..
The average ball player can become an effective switch hitter only if he has switched hit from the time he commenced playing.
I met this fat, balding, bisexual 'switch-hitter'— that was his word, 'switch-hitter'— and he was my first experience."
The thinking is Ralston's gay—lots of us Fifth Squadders think he's gay. […] Or maybe he's a switch-hitter, a bisexual. Who knows?
Use switch-hitter when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Switch-hitter means (baseball) A person who can bat either as a right-hander or a left-hander; an ambidextrous batter..
Common synonyms include bisexual.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The average ball player can become an effective switch hitter only if he has switched hit from the time he commenced playing.
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