groundout

noun

ground·​out ˈgrau̇nd-ˌau̇t 

: a play in baseball in which a batter is put out after hitting a ground ball to an infielder

Examples of groundout in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Anything is worth a shot at this point for Tucker, who started the night by hitting a 103 mph groundout to first base in the second inning and working a full count before taking a walk in the third. — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026

White doubled, and Butler scored on a groundout by Jonah Heim to put the Athletics on top. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026

Wyatt Langford scored the first run of the game on Jake Burger's double-play groundout in the first. — CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

In the bottom half of the frame, the Guardians added two more runs on an RBI single from Adell and a run-scoring groundout from Angel Martínez. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for groundout

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout