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

An inning later, O’Hearn followed Machado’s homer with a walk, and Laureano singled on a comebacker that unfortunately knocked Giants starter Landen Roupp from the game with a knee injury. —Dennis Lin, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025

In the midst of his worst pitching start as a Dodger, Ohtani was hit in the side of the right leg by a comebacker during the fourth inning. —Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 21 Aug. 2025

Headrick recently took a comebacker off his arm. —Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025

With Bogaerts, who had been hit by a pitch to start the inning, on third and Laureano on second, Iglesias tied the game with a groundout that scored Bogaerts before Fermin made the final out on a comebacker to Vesia. —Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025

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