"fly ball" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-fly ball.ogg Forms: fly balls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fly ball (plural fly balls)
  1. (baseball, softball) A batted ball that has been hit into the air above the outfield; a fly. Categories (topical): Baseball, Softball Synonyms: flyball Related terms: ground ball, pop-up, line drive Translations ((baseball) a batted ball): batada de vol [feminine] (Catalan), kaaripallo (Finnish), chandelle [feminine] (French), 飛球 (hikyū) (alt: ひきゅう) (Japanese), フライ (furai) (Japanese), nzi (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-fly_ball-en-noun-co-UvBi3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Swahili translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 91 9 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, softball, sports Disambiguation of '(baseball) a batted ball': 97 3
  2. (slang) A geek; beatnik. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-fly_ball-en-noun-T9ASHObH

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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