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What is "second base"

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
second base
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But my attitude is the same as when I changed positions from catcher to second base.
▪ By the end of Game 2, if you can believe this, more fans than Yankees had touched second base.
▪ Frank slid into second base, wound up with blurred vision and missed the rest of the year.
▪ He also dropped a routine popup behind second base.
▪ On a slide into second base, a player landed on his leg and it broke in another spot.
▪ One is perfect for the first-time buyer or those seeking a second base, and the other is an ideal family home.
▪ Roberts originally was in the starting lineup, hitting second and playing second base.
▪ Spring focus: Clayton takes over at short, which means Jose Valentin will move to center field or second base.
Wiktionary
second base

n. 1 (context baseball English) The base opposite home plate in a baseball infield. 2 (context colloquial English) Touching a woman's breast.

WordNet
second base

  1. n. the base that must be touched second by a base runner in baseball

  2. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near 2nd base [syn: second]

Wikipedia
Second base (disambiguation)

Second base can refer to:

  • Second baseman in baseball
  • One of a number of baseball metaphors for sex

Usage examples of "second base".

If he hits the ball correctly, he gets to go to first and the second guy will go to second base, or maybe third if the first one hits the ball far enough.

It was a grounder, but I stopped it and kept Hannie from going to second base.

We will establish our second base there and proceed with the training of our mutant corps.

I want to test how fast we can reach our second base in this solar system in case of emergency.

Ristin, who was playing second base, brushed the bag with one foot, then got it between him and the oncoming Yeager.

When he was playing second base for the Decatur Commodores, he'd had to get off accurate throws to first with a runner bearing down on him with spikes high.

Oh, and there is really nothing in life, nothing at all, that quite compares with that pleasure of rounding second base at a nice slow clip, because there's just no hurry any more, because that ball you've hit has just gone sailing out of sight .