Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun force_play

1 sense of force play

Sense 1
force out, force-out, force play, force -- (a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base; "the shortstop got the runner at second on a force")
       => putout -- (an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout); "the first baseman made 15 putouts")