ballhawk
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A player who is particularly good at catching interceptions.
noun
A fielder who is particularly good at catching fly balls.
Example Sentences
- "They documented Waveland Avenue's ballhawk culture, where Moe Mullins, who's recovered more than 3,500, is king, and followed him home to gape at his bounty: 1,000 major-league balls hoarded like dinosaur eggs."
- "Last season, when the Giants came to town, a noted ballhawk named Wes Wagner scored tickets in the first row of the bleacher boxes in right field."