/ Dictionary / Index F force play: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: force' play" Pronunciation: [key] — Baseball. Baseball. a situation in which a base runner is forced to advance to a base or to home plate as a result of the batter becoming a base runner or to make room for another base runner. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. force-out forceps Related Content Daily Word Quiz: benevolent Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language