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

The devastating comebacker changes his life in all kinds of ways. —Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026

Then in the 11th, Ramírez threw wildly past first on Nico Hoerner's leadoff comebacker for an error that advanced Swanson, the automatic runner, to third as Hoerner took second. —ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026

After snagging a comebacker by leadoff hitter Cameron Gill, Vega threw low to first base. —Dan Albano, Oc Register, 10 Apr. 2026

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

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