SINCE 1828
nubber
noun
nub·ber
| \ ˈnə-bər
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Definition of nubber
baseball
: a weakly hit ground ball
a little nubber down the third base line
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Other newcomers Sokolowski shared are aquafaba, beatdown, zomboid, twerk, sheeple, wayback, bokeh, botnet, emoji, facepalm, frowny, hivemind, puggle and nubber. — Leanne Italie, Fox News, "Scrabble dictionary adds 'OK,' 'ew' to official play along with hundreds of other new words," 24 Sep. 2018 Other newcomers Sokolowski shared are aquafaba, beatdown, zomboid, twerk, sheeple, wayback, bokeh, botnet, emoji, facepalm, frowny, hivemind, puggle and nubber. — Leanne Itali, The Seattle Times, "Yowza! Scrabble dictionary update adds ‘OK,’ ‘ew’ to official play," 24 Sep. 2018 Raffy Lopez hit a little nubber in front of the plate. — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, "Castillo collapses in the fifth as Cincinnati Reds fall to Padres 6-3 to end trip 3-6," 3 June 2018 Moore had a 12-34 ERA in three previous starts at Coors Field, and so there was no mistaking the omen when Charlie Blackmon led off the first inning with a nubber and ended up on second base when Posey tried an unsuccessful Skee-ball toss to first. — Andrew Baggarly, The Mercury News, "Giants lose Posey and Nuñez, waste eight-run comeback and fall 16 1/2 games behind Rockies in NL West," 15 June 2017 Paxton allowed just one hit in the first five innings, a Tony Wolters infield nubber in the third. — Nick Groke, The Denver Post, "Rockies felled by the Big Maple, James Paxton, to match a season-high losing skid," 31 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nubber.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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