suicide squeeze

noun

A play by the team at-bat where with a runner at third base, the batter puts down a sacrifice bunt with the aim of allowing the runner to score. In contrast to a safety squeeze, the runner sets off from third as soon as the pitch is made, allowing him or her to start running much earlier than on a safety squeeze.

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Meanings

nounsuicide squeeze (plural suicide squeezes)

plural suicide squeezes

  1. ball gamesA play by the team at-bat where with a runner at third base, the batter puts down a sacrifice bunt with the aim of allowing the runner to score. In contrast to a safety squeeze, the runner sets off from third as soon as the pitch is made, allowing him or her to start running much earlier than on a safety squeeze.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe runner on third base starts home as the pitcher delivers the ball

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

suicide squeeze. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suicide%20squeeze

MLA

“suicide squeeze.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suicide%20squeeze. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suicide squeeze,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suicide%20squeeze.

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