Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ugly finder

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.25 in modern English

Syllables: ug-ly find-er
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hard batted or thrown ball which hits or nearly hits someone, especially a line drive foul ball hit into a dugout.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"I tried to duck under the ball, but it was definitely an ugly finder."
""That ball was an ugly-finder," [Rob] Dibble said. "But I consider that good luck. No broken nose, no stitches and no black eye.""
""The unique thing about this team though is that of the eight position players - all are either new or are playing a different position," he [Bill Matthews] said. "With something like that, you just hope the ball doesn't become an ugly-finder.""
"Everybody was trying to throw the ugly-finder at him, and we still couldn't find him."

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

ugly finders (plural) ugly-finder (alternative)

Questions

What does ugly finder mean?: A hard batted or thrown ball which hits or nearly hits someone, especially a line drive foul ball hit into a dugout.

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