line drive

noun

: a batted baseball hit in a nearly straight line usually not far above the ground

Examples of line drive in a Sentence

He hit a hard line drive to the shortstop.
Recent Examples on the Web Josh Manson had the hockey equivalent of hitting a couple of line drives right at someone Wednesday night. Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2024 There was a fourth-inning interaction between Tatis and the entirety of the right-field pavilion, with the Padres star responding to boos from the bleachers with a smile and a dance after robbing a line drive from Freeman with a leaping catch. Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2024 The fastest action happens when players approach the net and start striking line drives at each other. Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024 Singleton then smacked his two-strike double, a line drive to center field to score Alvarez and Diaz. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for line drive 

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Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of line drive was in 1903

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“Line drive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/line%20drive. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

line drive

noun
: a batted baseball hit not far above the ground in a nearly straight line

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