Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corked bat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables
corked -bat
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bat that has been tampered with by drilling out part of the head of the bat and filling the resulting cavity with a light, compressible material (typically cork) in an attempt to improve the bat's performance (although performance is in fact degraded by corking the bat), rendering it illegal for use in play.

Inflected Forms

corked bats (plural)

Questions

What does corked bat mean?
A bat that has been tampered with by drilling out part of the head of the bat and filling the resulting cavity with a light, compressible material (typically cork) in an attempt to improve the bat's performance (although performance is in fact degraded by corking the bat), rendering it illegal for use in play.

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