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FLY BALL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(baseball) a hit that flies up in the air
Synonyms:
fly; fly ball
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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)
