bullpen
pronunciation
How to pronounce bullpen in British English:
UK [ˈbʊlpen]
How to pronounce bullpen in American English:
US [ˈbʊlˌpɛn]
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- Noun:
- a place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm up during a game
- a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily
Word Origin
- bullpen (n.)
- also bull-pen, 1915, in the baseball sense, from bull (n.1) + pen (n.2); perhaps from earlier slang meaning "temporary holding cell for prisoners" (1809). Bullpen also was the name of a baseball-like game played in U.S. late 19c.
Example
- 1. Soon Google ( GOOG ) will be able to simulate your driving , “ but just make sure you don \' t die and kill anybody else , ” he tells me during an interview in the private “ bullpen ” where he meets with his top lieutenants .
- 2. Further opportunities would be presented for New York , but the Mariners\'hard-throwing bullpen seemed able to flush out the chances .
- 3. No reliever threw a pitch in the bullpen .
- 4. This can be tricky even in a simple bullpen setting , and far more difficult as the team is staffed globally .
- 5. A pair will make noise as they program . A bullpen full of pairs will maintain a continual , low-level buzz .