frozen rope

[ froh-zuhn rohp ]

Baseball Slang.
  1. a remarkably straight and hard-hit line drive: Mitchell’s frozen rope sailed right through the gap in left field, giving him an easy stand-up double.

  2. a powerfully thrown ball traveling in a straight line, especially from the outfield: A frozen rope from Ichiro in right field retires the runner at third base, and the fans are going wild!

Origin of frozen rope

1
First recorded in 1960–65

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How to use frozen rope in a sentence

  • The Colonel sat on the packed sled, undoing with stiff fingers the twisted, frozen rope.

    The Magnetic North | Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)