line drive

noun

: a batted baseball hit in a nearly straight line usually not far above the ground

Examples of line drive in a Sentence

He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.

Recent Examples on the Web

Misiorowski landed on the IL with a left tibia contusion after he was hit on the left shin by a line drive off the bat of Seiya Suzuki of the Chicago Cubs on July 28. —Field Level Media, Reuters, 7 Sep. 2025

Tolbert misread a line drive off the wall in the fourth inning and allowed a pop-up to drop alongside him in the seventh. —Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025

Gurriel followed with a sinking line drive that Pages dove for in center field but couldn’t corral. —Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025

And after pinch-hitter Will Wagner popped out in foul territory, Tatis grounded a single up the middle to drive in two runs and make it 7-4 before the inning ended when Twins second baseman Luke Keaschall caught a line drive by Luis Arraez and threw to first base to double up Tatis. —Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for line drive

• overdrive
• alive
• archive
• arrive
• beehive
• connive
• contrive
• deprive
• derive
• revive
• survive
• dive

Kids Definition

line drive

noun

: a batted baseball hit not far above the ground in a nearly straight line