line drive

noun

: a batted baseball hit in a nearly straight line usually not far above the ground

Examples of line drive in a Sentence

He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.

Recent Examples on the Web

In the bottom of the third inning, Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernández laced a line drive to center field off Reds starter Nick Lodolo. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Hernandez hit a line drive to center field that skipped past the Reds’ Dane Myers and to the wall. — Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2026

Arizona Diamondbacks shortstop Geraldo Perdomo exited Sunday’s game against the Houston Astros with a head contusion after being struck in the head on the basepaths by a line drive from teammate Ketel Marte. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Arizona’s Geraldo Perdomo left Sunday’s 3-2 win over the Houston Astros with a head contusion after being struck in the helmet by a line drive from Ketel Marte in the third inning. — ABC News, 6 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for line drive

• overdrive
• alive
• archive
• arrive
• beehive
• connive
• contrive
• deprive
• derive
• khedive
• revive
• survive

Kids Definition

line drive

noun

: a batted baseball hit not far above the ground in a nearly straight line