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GROUNDBALL

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does groundball mean? 

GROUNDBALL (noun)
  The noun GROUNDBALL has 1 sense:

1. (baseball) a hit that travels along the groundplay

  Familiarity information: GROUNDBALL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GROUNDBALL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(baseball) a hit that travels along the ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

ground ball; groundball; grounder; hopper

Hypernyms ("groundball" is a kind of...):

hit; hitting; striking (the act of contacting one thing with another)

Domain category:

ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "groundball"):

chop; chopper (a grounder that bounces high in the air)

roller (a grounder that rolls along the infield)


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