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bump ball

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

Noun

bump ball (plural bump balls)

  1. A ball that bounces off of the pitch immediately after being hit by the bat, and goes up in the air.
    • The umpire believed, mistakenly, that it was a bump ball and Boucher was allowed to remain at the crease.2005, David Fraser, Cricket and the Law: The Man in White is Always Right, →ISBN, page 302

Forms of bump ball

pluralbump balls

Questions about bump ball

What does bump ball mean?
Bump ball means a ball that bounces off of the pitch immediately after being hit by the bat, and goes up in the air.
What part of speech is bump ball?
Bump ball is a noun.
What is the plural of bump ball?
The plural of bump ball is bump balls.

Words near bump ball in the dictionary

  1. bump across
  2. bump and grind
  3. bump and grinds
  4. bump and jump
  5. bump and run
  6. bump ball
  7. bump balls
  8. bump bar
  9. bump bars
  10. bump cap
  11. bump caps

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