Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught. · A fungo bat.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo take part in a fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught.
Uncertain; perhaps from Scots fung (“to fling, throw”).
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- Derivation mentionfungsco
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