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FLY BALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fly ball mean? 

FLY BALL (noun)
  The noun FLY BALL has 1 sense:

1. (baseball) a hit that flies up in the airplay

  Familiarity information: FLY BALL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FLY BALL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(baseball) a hit that flies up in the air

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

fly; fly ball

Hypernyms ("fly ball" 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 "fly ball"):

blast (a very long fly ball)

pop-fly; pop-up; pop fly (a short high fly ball)

line drive; liner ((baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter)

flare ((baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield)

Texas leaguer ((baseball) a fly ball that falls between and infielder and an outfielder)


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