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Definition of Ground ball

1. Noun. (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ground Ball

groundsman groundsmen groundspeed groundswell groundswells groundwater groundwaters groundwater level groundwood groundwoods

groundwork groundworks ground almond ground attack ground bait ground ball (current term) ground bass ground beef ground beetle ground bundles

ground cable ground cedar ground cherry ground cloth ground control ground cover ground crew ground effect ground fir ground fire

Literary usage of Ground ball

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1. War Readings by National board for historical service (1918)
"it by now and seized their first opportunity to escape, diving down to the ground. Ball was much disgusted at this and emptied six rounds from his revolver ..."

2. How to Play Baseball: A Manual for Boys by John Joseph McGraw (1914)
"Play a ground ball close to the ground and do not keep your legs together ... The great secret of getting a ground ball is to be going to meet it with your ..."

3. Mass Physical Training for Use in the Army and the Reserve Officers by Joseph Edward Raycroft (1920)
"With a man on second when a slow ground ball is hit to the outfield or when an outfielder fumbles a ground ball, he should never throw home, ..."

4. Van Nostrand's Engineering Magazine (1882)
"... and he found that the greatest waste was from common ground ball-cocks in cisterns : fifty-three of these were found wasting 12500 gallons per day, ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"(5) He may reach his base by an error of some fielder, which may be cither a muffed fly, a failure to stop and field a ground ball, a muffed thrown ball or ..."

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