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line drive

line drive noun: a batted ball hit hard enough and low enough that it appears to travel in a relatively straight line.

Noun

line drive (plural line drives)

  1. A batted ball hit hard enough and low enough that it appears to travel in a relatively straight line.
    • The line drive went straight into the shortstop's glove.
    Synonyms:
    liner

Synonyms of line drive

Forms of line drive

pluralline drives

Questions about line drive

What does line drive mean?
Line drive means a batted ball hit hard enough and low enough that it appears to travel in a relatively straight line.
What part of speech is line drive?
Line drive is a noun.
What is the plural of line drive?
The plural of line drive is line drives.

Words near line drive in the dictionary

  1. line doublers
  2. line drawing
  3. line drawings
  4. line drawn in water
  5. line drawn on water
  6. line drive
  7. line drives
  8. line drop
  9. line edit
  10. line edited
  11. line editing

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