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third base

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. third base, thirdnoun

    the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball

    "he was cut down on a close play at third"

  2. third base, thirdnoun

    the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)

    "he is playing third"

Wiktionary

  1. third basenoun

    The base after second base in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield.

  2. third basenoun

    Touching a man's or woman's genitals in a sexual manner; mutual masturbation.

Wikipedia

  1. Third Base

    Third Base (サード) is a 1978 Japanese sports film directed by Yōichi Higashi.

ChatGPT

  1. third base

    Third base is a term that has different meanings in various contexts: 1) In baseball: Third base is one of the four bases that a player must touch in a clockwise sequence in order to score a run. 2) In dating: It's a metaphor for different physical encounters between partners. Traditionally, third base refers to sexual touching or oral sex. 3) In general English usage: Third base can be used metaphorically to refer any intermediate step or phase towards a goal.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of third base in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of third base in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of third base in a Sentence

  1. Barry Switzer:

    Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.

  2. Joe Maddon:

    I saw nothing. I looked up and he was limping to the third base bag, it was kind of innocuous and I had no idea why. It was hurting him pretty good.

  3. Jerry Coleman:

    Edwards missed getting Stearns at third base by an eyeball.

  4. Billy Hamilton:

    The faster I get to third base, the easier it is for all those guys to hit.

  5. Leo Durocher:

    If I were playing third base and my mother were rounding third with the run that was going to beat us, I'd trip her. Oh, I'd pick her up and brush her off and say, 'Sorry, Mom, but nobody beats me.'


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