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grounder

American  
[groun-der] / ˈgraʊn dər /

noun

Baseball.

  1. ground ball.

Etymology

Origin of grounder

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; ground 1 + -er 1

Example Sentences

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During baseball practice in my senior year of high school, Coach hit me a grounder that changed my life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Judge was jammed and rolled a slow grounder to third, shattering his bat in the process.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

With the bases loaded and one out for Toronto, Daulton Varsho whacked a grounder to second base that Rojas managed to corral and fire home to record the force out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

But then Kiké Hernández hit a cue-ball grounder to Turner at shortstop.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2025

I threw her a grounder with some spin on it.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos

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