crack of the bat
Ball meets wood
The crack of the bat is the sharp, resonant sound made when a baseball bat connects solidly with a pitched ball.
The phrase evokes the distinctive acoustic signature of a well-hit ball and often appears in nostalgic descriptions of the game: There's nothing like the crack of the bat on a summer evening.
By extension, it can signal the start of baseball season or stand in for the sport itself.
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- baseballBat-and-ball team sport
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
- base hitSuccessful at-bat reaching first
- home runFull-circuit scoring hit
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crack of the batwhiff
Brief, faint smell
swing and a miss · strikeout · swinging strike · fanning · caught looking
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