Synonyms for bullpen
| Grammar : Noun |
Top 10 synonyms for bullpen Other synonyms for the word bullpen
- abode
- bastille
- black hole
- brig
- bullpen
- can
- castle
- cave
- clink
- closer
- co-op
- commorancy
- cooler
- coop
- crash pad
- crib
- cubbyhole
- den
- detention camp
- diggings
- digs
- domicile
- dump
- dungeon
- edifice
- fireman
- flat
- flophouse
- habitation
- hole in the wall
- home plate
- homestead
- house of correction
- inner reliever
- inside
- jailhouse
- joint
- keep
- kennel
- layout
- lean-to
- long reliever
- middle reliever
- pad
- pen
- penal institution
- penitentiary
- pied-Ã -terre
- pigpen
- pigsty
- pound
- prison
- rack
- reformatory
- reliever
- residence
- residency
- roof
- roost
- setup
- shack
- shanty
- short reliever
- slammer
- solitary
- stir
- stockade
- stopper
- turf
- up the river
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for bullpen
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