fly ball

noun

: fly entry 2 sense 5

Examples of fly ball in a Sentence

He hit a long fly ball to left field.

Recent Examples on the Web

Along the way, Clark got impressive jumps on a low liner and a fly ball to the warning track. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

Tatis tracked Devers' fly ball and leaped to get his glove high above the short wall in right-center at Petco Park to make the catch. — CBS News, 31 July 2026

Tatis tracked Devers’ fly ball and leaped to get his glove high above the short wall in right-center at Petco Park to make the catch. — ABC News, 31 July 2026

Wilson’s one-out strikeout in the bottom of the ninth in an at-bat that could have scored the winning run with a fly ball or grounder up the middle was an especially costly mistake, though not an isolated one, as the A’s struck out 14 times total. — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fly ball

• aldol
• armhole
• atoll
• awol
• backhaul
• banal
• baseball
• befall
• cabal
• catchall
• cecal
• centrale

Kids Definition

fly ball

noun

: fly entry 2 sense 2