flyball

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

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A type of dog-race where dogs jump over hurdles to get to and return from a tennis-ball dispensing box.

"Pérez, a flyball pitcher, recorded only two fly outs, and one of the two balls hit Anderson’s way — Fielder’s three-run homer in the first — traveled an estimated 447 feet and dented a strip above the Miller Lite sign on the center-field scoreboard."

From fly + ball.

flyballs (plural)

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