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pop fly

noun

, Baseball.

a high fly ball hit to the infield or immediately beyond it that can easily be caught before reaching the ground.

Origin of pop fly¹

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

These mishaps must have got on Burketts nerves, for he squarely muffed Thompsons pop fly that any busher could have caught.

The next man up knocked a pop fly, which Joe gathered in with ease.

The next man went out on a pop fly to third, which held Clink where he was.

The next man went out on a pop fly, and Joe teased the third man into striking at an elusive out.

But this chance went glimmering a few seconds later when a pop-fly was gathered in with ease by the Hixley pitcher.

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