ground ball

noun

: a batted baseball that bounds or rolls along the ground

Examples of ground ball in a Sentence

He hit a ground ball to the shortstop.

Recent Examples on the Web

Ramos went hitless in four at-bats Saturday and didn’t appear to run out a ground ball that shortstop Andrés Giménez initially botched in the sixth inning. — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Ohtani drove in the Dodgers' only run with a triple in the third inning, sending a choppy ground ball bouncing over first baseman Gary Sánchez into the right-field corner, but Murphy refused to call it a mistake by Misiorowski. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

Springer rolled over on Gerrit Cole’s fastball and hit a weak ground ball to third baseman Ryan McMahon. — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026

The first was a low-velocity ground ball threaded up the middle to drive in a run. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for ground ball

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

Kids Definition

ground ball

noun

: a batted baseball that rolls or bounces along the ground