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.
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After a leadoff walk to Perdomo, Carroll hit a line drive to left where Mauricio Dubón started to come in, then reached up and couldn't come up with the ball. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 Pereira, who started in center field, made a leaping catch of a line drive at the center field wall in the top of the fifth inning to rob Alec Bohm of an extra-base hit. — CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 With one out and a runner on second, Jeremy Peña hit a soft broken-bat line drive that Adames picked out of the dirt. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026 The first batter of the game, Kyle Stowers, hit a line drive into the right field corner. — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for line drive

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of line drive was in 1903

Rhymes for line drive

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line drawing
line drive
line drop
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line drive

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

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