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

With runners on first and second and one away, new reliever Tim Hill then made the unwise decision to throw to third after fielding a comebacker. —Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 10 May 2026

In that game, Estevez took a comebacker off his left foot. —Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2026

Daulton Varsho then hit a comebacker to Kochanowicz, who made a bad throw to first, for an error. —Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 9 May 2026

Jorge Soler hit a two-run homer for the Angels, who lost starter Walbert Ureña in the sixth inning when he was hit in the right leg by Bo Bichette’s comebacker. —Los Angeles Times, 2 May 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