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GROUNDBALL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does groundball mean?
• GROUNDBALL (noun)
The noun GROUNDBALL has 1 sense:
1. (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground
Familiarity information: GROUNDBALL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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