The Collaborative International Dictionary
grounder \grounder\ (ground"[~e]r), n. (Baseball) A batted ball that hits the ground before it leaves the infield, or the act of hitting a baseball along the ground; also called ground ball; -- contrasted with fly or fly ball.
Syn: .
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context baseball English) A batted ball that bounces one or more times on the infield; a grounder. 2 (context lacrosse English) A ball that is temporarily lying on the ground during play.
WordNet
n. (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground [syn: grounder, groundball, hopper]
Usage examples of "ground ball".
During the 1916 season, Sisko remembered from his baseball references, a player on the Robins--as the Brook- lyn team had then been known--had hit a ground ball that had struck the oddly angled scoreboard and vaulted up the fence and out of the ballpark for a home run.
There were two pop-ups and a meek ground ball, and suddenly it was the Icebreakers’.
He lobbed one underhanded, and Bo hit a scorching ground ball to short, where Pablo lunged to avoid it.
Pop turned one of the knobs, and suddenly we heard the scratchy voice of an announcer describing a ground ball to the shortstop.