fungo

noun

fun·​go ˈfəŋ-(ˌ)gō 

plural fungoes

1

: a fly ball hit especially for practice fielding by a player who tosses a ball in the air and hits it as it comes down

2

: fungo bat

Examples of fungo in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

He can be found all over the complex this spring, sometimes on the half-field hitting a fungo, observing infielders taking grounders or watching bullpen sessions. —Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 8 Mar. 2025

There are fungo drills and batting practice. —BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2021

Story in the swing Trevor Story (right wrist fracture) swung a fungo Tuesday and is progressing, the second baseman said. —Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2022

Havre de Grace keeps the fungo for another year with a 6-3 win in Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference, Susquehanna Division play. —Randy McRoberts, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2022

The best fungo golfer in the group Kapler watched: the other top candidate for Opening Night, Kevin Gausman. —Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2021

Coaches strode the field wearing masks and carrying fungo bats. —Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 4 July 2020

Slash all the electronic cables with machetes, fungo-bat the monitors to smithereens. —Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 27 Feb. 2020

First-base coach Daryl Boston has been working Palka with fungo drills. —Phil Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 23 May 2018

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

circa 1867, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing fungo

• fungo bat

Rhymes for fungo

• mungo