Antonyms for bullpen


Grammar : Noun


Definition of bullpen

Origin :
  • 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.
  • As in jail : noun place for incarceration
  • As in relief pitcher : noun pitcher who takes place of starter
  • As in pokey : noun jail
  • As in house : noun human habitat
Example sentences :
  • When in the "bullpen" Schrank's fellow prisoners shrank away from him.
  • Extract from : « The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt » by Oliver Remey

Synonyms for bullpen

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