long ball

noun

: home run

Examples of long ball in a Sentence

a pitcher who has given up a lot of long balls

Recent Examples on the Web

That set the stage for what felt like a game-sealing sequence in the fifth, when Teoscar Hernández followed Freeman’s leadoff walk with a sky-high two-run blast to left, making it 5-0 with his team-leading ninth long ball of the season and fourth in the last five games. —Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025

Tarkowski wears his fitness record like a badge of honour but pulled up stretching for a long ball downfield, pointed to his hamstring and immediately indicated to the Everton bench that a change would be needed. —Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025

Down three goals in the second half — with snow falling hard enough to require the use of an orange ball — a simple long ball over the top from Tim Leibold to Daniel Salloi started a snowball effect for Sporting Kansas City. —Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2025

Seiya Suzuki followed with another long ball, and Ryan Pressly came in for the ninth to close out the victory. —Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for long ball

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