Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

soak the runner

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables
soak the run-ner
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To throw the ball at the runner in order to "tag" him out (illegal after 1845).

Slang

Usage

Inflected Forms

soaks the runner (present, singular) soaking the runner (participle, present) soaked the runner (participle, past) soaked the runner (past)

Synonyms

plug the runner

Questions

What does soak the runner mean?
To throw the ball at the runner in order to "tag" him out (illegal after 1845).

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