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

Midway through the first half, Marko Arnautovic got on the end of a long ball before nicking it past onrushing goalkeeper Oussama Benbot. — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 28 June 2026

Chicks dig the long ball, sure, but Miami is taking more of a small ball approach to scoring runs, and it's been working like a charm as of late. — Austin Perry, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026

In the 78th minute East Germany’s Jürgen Sparwasser famously controlled a long ball and scored to secure the victory. — Tushaar Kuthiala, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 June 2026

When considered city by city and decade by decade, there are lots of factors in home run totals, from ballpark dimensions to playing strategies to the number of long ball hitters in each lineup. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026

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