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Definition of Fly ball
1. Noun. (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air.
Generic synonyms: Hit, Hitting, Striking
Specialized synonyms: Blast, Pop Fly, Pop-fly, Pop-up, Line Drive, Liner, Flare, Texas Leaguer
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game
Derivative terms: Fly
Definition of Fly ball
1. Noun. (baseball softball) A batted ball that has been hit into the air above the outfield; a fly. ¹
2. Noun. (slang) A geek; beatnik. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fly Ball
Literary usage of Fly ball
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements of Heat-power Engineering by Clarence Floyd Hirshfeld, William Nichols Barnard (1915)
"Spring-balanced Fly-ball Governor. In the fly-ball governors so far discussed
the moments of the centrifugal forces acting on the balls were balanced by the ..."
2. The Mechanical Engineering of Power Plants by Frederick Remsen Hutton (1897)
"Defects of the Fly-ball Governor.—The fly-ball governor as thus constructed is
a satisfactory device to prevent racing, but it is not isochronous unless ..."
3. Basket Ball and Indoor Baseball for Women by Helen Frost, Charles Digby Wardlaw (1920)
"She may call "fly ball," and give instruction as to the correct form of catching
high balls. Grounder, bounding ball, underhand throw, side- arm follow, ..."
4. A Manual of the Steam-engine: For Engineers and Technical Schools; Advanced by Robert Henry Thurston (1891)
"... or fly-ball governor, as it is variously termed, is the oldest of the
engine-governors. It was invented by Huy- ghens about the middle of the ..."
5. An Elementary Treatise on the Mechanics of Machinery: With Special Reference by Joseph Nisbet Le Conte (1902)
"A. THE FLY-BALL GOVERNOR The oldest form of governor is the fly-ball, invented
by Huygens, and used first on the steam-engine by James Watt. ..."
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