Shortstop — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position

the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ʃˈɔːɹtstɑːp/

🇬🇧British English

/ʃˈɔːtstɒp/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ʃˈɔːtstɒp/

2 syllables Say it as /ʃˈɔːɹtstɑːp/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

short

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

arrêt-court

(baseball) la personne qui joue le poste d'arrêt-court

🇪🇸Spanish

campocorto

(béisbol) la persona que juega la posición de campocorto

🇮🇹Italian

interbase

(baseball) la persona che ricopre il ruolo di interbase

🇳🇱Dutch

korte stop

(honkbal) de persoon die de korte stoppositie speelt

🇵🇹Portuguese

interbases

(beisebol) a pessoa que joga na posição de shortstop

🇷🇺Russian

приятель

(бейсбол) человек, играющий на позиции шорт-стопа

India

🇮🇳Hindi

शॉर्टस्टॉप

(बेसबॉल) वह व्यक्ति जो शॉर्टस्टॉप पोजीशन खेलता है

🇧🇩Bengali

শর্টস্টপ

(বেসবল) যে ব্যক্তি শর্টস্টপ পজিশন খেলে

🇮🇳Tamil

குறுகிய நிறுத்தம்

(பேஸ்பால்) ஷார்ட்ஸ்டாப் நிலையில் விளையாடும் நபர்

🇮🇳Telugu

షార్ట్‌స్టాప్

(బేస్‌బాల్) షార్ట్‌స్టాప్ పొజిషన్‌లో ఆడే వ్యక్తి

🇮🇳Marathi

शॉर्टस्टॉप

(बेसबॉल) शॉर्टस्टॉप पोझिशन खेळणारी व्यक्ती

🇮🇳Gujarati

શોર્ટસ્ટોપ

(બેઝબોલ) વ્યક્તિ જે શોર્ટસ્ટોપ પોઝિશન રમે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಶಾರ್ಟ್ಸ್ಟಾಪ್

(ಬೇಸ್‌ಬಾಲ್) ಶಾರ್ಟ್‌ಸ್ಟಾಪ್ ಸ್ಥಾನವನ್ನು ಆಡುವ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഷോർട്ട്സ്റ്റോപ്പ്

(ബേസ്ബോൾ) ഷോർട്ട്‌സ്റ്റോപ്പ് പൊസിഷൻ കളിക്കുന്ന വ്യക്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸ਼ਾਰਟਸਟਾਪ

(ਬੇਸਬਾਲ) ਉਹ ਵਿਅਕਤੀ ਜੋ ਸ਼ਾਰਟਸਟੌਪ ਸਥਿਤੀ ਖੇਡਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

شارٹ اسٹاپ

(بیس بال) وہ شخص جو شارٹ اسٹاپ پوزیشن کھیلتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

游击手

（棒球）担任游击手位置的人

🇯🇵Japanese

遊撃手

(野球)遊撃手のポジションをプレーする人

🇰🇷Korean

유격수

(야구) 유격수 포지션을 맡은 사람

🇻🇳Vietnamese

điểm dừng

(bóng chày) người chơi ở vị trí cản phá

🇹🇭Thai

ชอร์ตสต็อป

(เบสบอล) คนที่เล่นตำแหน่งชอร์ตสต็อป

🇮🇩Indonesian

berhenti pendek

(Bisbol) orang yang memainkan posisi shortstop

🇲🇾Malay

hentian pintas

(besbol) orang yang bermain kedudukan hentian pendek

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

com.shortstop

(البيسبول) الشخص الذي يلعب موقف قصير

🇮🇷Persian

توقف کوتاه

(بیس بال) شخصی که در موقعیت کوتاه بازی می کند

🇹🇷Turkish

stoper

(beyzbol) stoper pozisyonunda oynayan kişi

🇮🇱Hebrew

עצירה קצרה

(בייסבול) האדם שמשחק בעמדת ה-shortstop

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