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longball

longball noun: a home run.

Noun

longball (plural longballs)

  1. A home run.
    • Wells, in the three hole, extended his streak of at-bats without a home run to 134, the longest longball drought of his career.2009 June 14, RICHARD GRIFFIN, “Janssen struggles as Marlins take another”, in Toronto Star

Forms of longball

plurallongballs

Origin of longball

long + ball

Questions about longball

What does longball mean?
Longball means a home run.
What part of speech is longball?
Longball is a noun.
What is the plural of longball?
The plural of longball is longballs.

Words near longball in the dictionary

  1. longarm
  2. longarmed
  3. longarming
  4. longarms
  5. longas
  6. longball
  7. longballs
  8. longbeak
  9. longbeaks
  10. longbean
  11. longbeans

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