comebacker

noun

come·​back·​er ˈkəm-ˌba-kər 

plural comebackers

1

baseball : a ground ball hit directly to the pitcher

… Cormier had retired Mo Vaughn … on a weak comebacker to the mound to end the seventh.

—Gordon Edes

2

golf : a putt back to the hole after a preceding putt has rolled past it

After pitching to within 20 feet of the pin, Junior runs his first putt four feet past and then misses the comebacker.

—Jaime Diaz

Examples of comebacker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the top of the seventh, Vitello was ejected for the first time in his brief major league career after disputing the call at first base when Encarnacion appeared to veer out of the base path on a comebacker. —Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2026

Randy Arozarena then hit a comebacker that Pomeranz got just enough of to slow it down. —Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026

Shane Smith fielded a comebacker with one out in the first inning. —Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026

Riley Greene followed with a two-out double, but Loáisiga coaxed a soft comebacker from Dillon Dingler and flipped to first for the final out. —CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for comebacker

• firecracker
• acker
• backer
• blacker
• cracker
• hacker
• lacquer
• packer
• slacker
• stacker
• thacker
• tracker