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

Koehnemann’s emphasis on fundamentals was honed as Sandberg hit ground balls to him in the driveway. —Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026

But in the top of the third inning, Ponce lunged after a soft ground ball from Colorado Rockies outfielder Jake McCarthy and immediately came up limping. —Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026

Ponce, 31, sustained the injury while trying to field a bouncing ground ball between the pitcher’s mound and first base in the third inning of the Blue Jays’ 14-5 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Monday night at the Rogers Centre. —Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2026

In the ninth, Jacob Wilson was thrown out at second on a ground ball by Lawrence Butler, who was originally ruled safe at first. —ABC News, 30 Mar. 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