Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bump ball

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables: bump ball
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A ball that bounces off of the pitch immediately after being hit by the bat, and goes up in the air.

Example Sentences

"The umpire believed, mistakenly, that it was a bump ball and Boucher was allowed to remain at the crease."

Inflected Forms

bump balls (plural)

Questions

What does bump ball mean?: A ball that bounces off of the pitch immediately after being hit by the bat, and goes up in the air.

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