kadur basis

Pronunciations

kadur basis (ka-DUR ba-SEES) listen

Definitions

  • n. Baseball.

Example Sentences

  • "This afternoon we'll be playing kadur basis."

  • "Did you ever play baseball and call it 'kadur basis,' or basketball and call it 'kadur sol,' and football, and call it 'kadur regel'? Ever have an ump yell out 'achtaah' when the pitch was right down the middle? Well, we did, and we came to love it." (source)

Languages of Origin

  • Modern Hebrew

Etymology

  • כדור בסיס kaddur basis 'baseball, softball'

    • Who Uses This

      • Camp: Jews who attend or work at a Jewish overnight summer camp

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • None

      Alternative Spellings

      cadur basis, kaddur basis, caddur basis

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