sluggers

Heavy bat swingers

Sluggers are powerful hitters, especially in baseball—batters known for driving the ball hard and far rather than for finesse or contact hitting: The team's sluggers combined for twelve home runs.

More broadly, a slugger is anyone who hits hard, whether in boxing or a barroom fight.

The singular slugger appears in compounds like Louisville Slugger, a brand of baseball bat.

baseball

batter

Uncooked cake mixture

swing · bat · grand slam · RBI · outfield · dugout · lineup · designated hitter · pinch hitter · strike

boxing

heavyweight

Highest combat weight class

ring · bout · jab · hook · uppercut · champion · contender · title fight · prize fighter · bruiser

power

powerhouse

Source of great energy

imposing · commanding · aggressive · strongman · titan · brawn · muscle · strength · vigor · potency

Categories
Opposites
batting approach

sluggersbunters

Batters who tap gently

contact hitters · leadoff hitters · utility players

physical/fighting style

sluggerscounterpunchers

Boxers attacking after dodging

boxers · technicians · slicksters · runners · clinchers

physical archetype

sluggersspeedsters

Very quick individuals

rabbits · scrappers

Phrases
Family

slugged, slugger

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G