ground ball

ground ball

also ground·ball (ground′bôl′)n.1. Baseball A batted ball that rolls or bounces along the ground.2. Sports A loose ball on the playing field in lacrosse.

ground′ ball′

n. a batted baseball that rolls or bounces along the ground. Also called grounder. [1855–60, Amer.]

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ground ball - (baseball) a hit that travels along the groundgroundball, grounder, hopperhitting, striking, hit - the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"chopper, chop - a grounder that bounces high in the airroller - a grounder that rolls along the infieldbaseball, 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; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"