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

By now, the football world knows just how good Williams and the Bears were last season during game-on-the-line drives. — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

Fortes followed with a line drive to short left field, scoring DeLuca. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026

In between singles by Manny Machado and Merrill in the bottom of the third, Ty France launched a ball that was caught at the wall in left field, and Rengifo had a 104 mph line drive caught by first baseman TJ Rumfield to end the inning. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2026

Jeremy Pena opened the bottom of the first with his seventh career leadoff home run and eighth homer this season, a 405-foot line drive to left-center off Marlins right-hander Tyler Phillips (2-5). — Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for line drive

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

Kids Definition

line drive

noun

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