Altuve

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noun

A distance of five feet and five inches, used chiefly as a unit to measure distances of home run balls.

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Meanings

nounAltuve (plural Altuves)

plural Altuves

  1. slangball gamesA distance of five feet and five inches, used chiefly as a unit to measure distances of home run balls.

    Judge is 1.22 Altuves. Is there a drawback to being a big man in baseball?

    2017 October 13, Victor Mather, “David vs. Goliath Gets an Update: It's Now Altuve vs. Judge”, in New York Times
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    So, if you want to know the minimum length of a World Cup Soccer field while watching TV, it's 60.9 Altuves.

    2014 June 30, Bob Nightengale, “Diminutive dandy: Jose Altuve keeps reaching new heights”, in USA Today

    In 2012 Houston Astros fan Bryan Trostel was watching a game when he heard the announcers joke about how many “altuves” a home run had traveled.

    2015, Uncle John's FACTASTIC Bathroom Reader, →ISBN

    No matter how you slice it, Altuve is one of the best hitters in baseball despite yielding at least 7 inches (that’s about .108 Altuves) to every other elite hitter.

    2018 February 20, Kate Preusser, Isabelle Minasian, Tim Cantu, Connor Donovan, “2018 AL West Preview: The Astros’ Lineup”, in Lookout Landing

    Want to know how many Altuves there are from home plate to first base? That would be 16.61436219309581.

    2018 June 1, Melanie Hauser, “Ways to recover from the Rockets' loss”, in Houston Chronicle

Origin

After José Altuve, Venezuelan-American baseball player who stands five feet, five inches tall.

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APA

Altuve. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Altuve

MLA

“Altuve.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Altuve. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Altuve,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Altuve.

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