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bump balls

bump balls is the plural of bump ball.

Meaning of bump ball

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

Questions about bump balls

What is bump balls the plural of?
Bump balls is the plural of bump ball.

Words near bump balls in the dictionary

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

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