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laser beam en · NOUN

Meanings

1. The light emitted by a laser.
   • i hate old people man. “i was in the war” congratulations. i’m gonna be in the next one and they have laser beams now 2024 June 7, @coolmathgame_, Twitter, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2024:
   • Depending on whether the laser beam is defocused or focused, the CO₂ laser can perform two distinct therapeuteic functions. 1994, Stephen G. Brown, Medical Applications of Lasers II, page 2:
2. A low, hard-hit or -thrown ball.
   • Just as he finished that sentence, Evan Longoria hit a laser beam over the left field fence. The Red Sox season was over in a flash. 2012, Paul Kocak, Baseball's Starry Night: Reliving Major League Baseball's 2011 Wild Card Night of Shock and Awe, Digitature, →ISBN, page 152:
   • One reason the rookies weren't catching too many was that Bradshaw was throwing laser beams. 2013, Roy Blount Jr., About Three Bricks Shy...And the Load Filled Up, Ballantine Books, →ISBN:
   • The batter hit a laser-beam to right field. A run for Cincinnati! Now the score was five to three. 2005, Dallas Woodburn, 3 A.m.: A Collection of Short Stories, iUniverse, →ISBN:
   • Ramirez hit a laser beam home run into the right center field seats leading the 10th inning off Boston closer Ken Ryan 1995, Russell Schneider, Glorious Indian Summer of 1995: Season of Dreams...Cleveland, →ISBN, page 44:
   • The Bloomer Girls played a respectable brand of baseball, to be sure, but they didn't throw 350-foot laser beams from deep center, or chew Red Man during ballgames. 2014, Scott Simkus, Outsider Baseball: The Weird World of Hardball on the Fringe, 1876–1950, Chicago Review Press, →ISBN, page 116:
   • The way he warmed up his famous arm by throwing laser beams out of a sleepy, feline half-windup to some bullpen lackey armed with the added protection of a catcher's mitt. 2010, Josh Wilker, Cardboard Gods: An All-American Tale Told Through Baseball Cards, Seven Footer Press, →ISBN:
   • When in doubt, so I threw my best fastball. Mantle hit a laser beam past my right knee. 2009, P.J. Dragseth, Eye for Talent: Interviews with Veteran Baseball Scouts, McFarland, →ISBN, page 37:

Forms

Synonyms

rocket · frozen rope · laser · bullet

Translations (24)

ceb laser (light from a laser) · eo laser-radio (light from a laser) · da laserstråle (light from a laser) · de Laserstrahl (light from a laser) · ko 레이저 빔 (light from a laser) · cmn 激光束 (light from a laser) · mi taiaho (light from a laser) · pt raio laser (light from a laser) · ja レーザービーム (light from a laser) · vi tia kích quang (light from a laser) · ca raig làser (light from a laser) · ru ла́зерный луч (light from a laser) · nl laserstraal (light from a laser) · eu laser izpi (light from a laser) · es rayo láser (light from a laser) · fr rayon laser (light from a laser) · ja レーザー光 (light from a laser) · sv laserstråle (light from a laser) · fi lasersäde (light from a laser) · mi hihi taiaho (light from a laser) · vi tia la-de (light from a laser) · nb laserstråle (light from a laser) · nn laserstråle (light from a laser) · la radius lūcis (light from a laser)