base knock

base knock
 n.— «Can someone please tell Major League Baseball, ESPN, and local broadcasters that “Base Knock” is not a good slang term for a base hit?» —“Base Knock?” by Juice Juice Blog (San Diego, California) May 7, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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