fly
- noun
- /flaɪ/
- Jargon
- It's a long fly ball to deep left center!
- a fly ball
- an outfielder catches a fly
You don't make it seem like you're, oh, just taking this fly ball.
- You don't make it seem like you're, oh, just taking this fly ball.
Examples
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The next batter, Brian Peacock, lifted a deep fly ball to the right field corner.
Blog text (16) -
Here’s the swing, and a high fly ball to center field.
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A deep fly ball to right field.
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High fly ball down the left field line!
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Angel hits a deep fly ball.
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I reached second, but our next batter hit a pop fly straight to first base for the third out.
Fiction book (1997) -
The next batter up hit a fly ball to shallow left.
Fiction book (2000) -
Then Candy hit a booming fly ball and was the first player selected.
Fiction book (2000) -
He's had a single and a double and he drove in the Giants 1st run with a long fly to center.
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The batter hit a high fly ball that soared over the outfielders.
Synonyms
A ball hit high into the air in baseball
A high, curved throw of a ball or other object
A very long high hit in baseball often for a home run
A high ball hit in baseball or softball that is easy to catch
To hit the ball high but not far so it is easy to catch
A fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield
A high fly ball that is easy for fielders to catch
A short high ball hit into the air that a fielder can easily catch
A ball hit high into the air near home plate that is easy to catch
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Jargon
A caught fly ball that lets a player on base score while it puts the batter out
- Offensive
Not reliable and likely to disappear quickly, often for dishonest reasons
- South African
A large African fly that bites people and animals and causes sleeping sickness
A large fly with a shiny blue-green body that lays eggs on dead animals and in wounds
A small bright green beetle from southern Europe that makes a liquid causing blisters
- Specialized
The use of a special rod and line to throw a small fake fly into water to catch fish
A small insect like a moth whose young live in water and build protective cases from stones and plants
A small moth-like insect whose young live in water and build cases from pebbles and plants
A small insect with wings like a moth whose larvae live in water and build cases from sand and plants
A small moth-like insect whose young live in water and build cases from sand and plants
- Specialized
A very small wasp that lays eggs in other insects' eggs or young and helps control pests
A long thin fly with very long legs that looks like a large mosquito but does not bite
- Specialized
A fever people can catch from ticks, flies, or touching infected wild animals like rabbits
- Specialized
Large insect with a soft body and long jaws whose young live in water and are used as fishing bait
- Specialized
A North American bush with pale yellow flowers and berries eaten by birds
A winged insect like a dragonfly whose young dig small cone-shaped pits in sand to trap ants and other insects
A small shrub with pairs of yellowish-white flowers and bright red berries often grown in gardens
A poisonous mushroom with a bright red cap covered in white dots that grows in forests
A North American bush that loses its leaves in winter and has upright stems and pale yellow flowers
- Specialized
A small open deck above the ship's control room for steering and a better view
- Specialized
A narrow high platform at the side of a stage where crew use ropes to move scenery above it
- Specialized
A narrow high platform at the side of a stage where crew work with ropes and equipment
A small delicate insect with thin net-like wings whose young eat garden pests like aphids
A large tropical insect with bright colors and a long snout, once thought to give light
- Specialized
A slender insect with long legs that hangs from plants to catch other small insects
- Specialized
A wasp-like insect that lays eggs inside caterpillars so the young eat them
- Specialized
A large fast fly that catches other insects in the air and drinks their juices
- Offensive
A very revealing outfit that draws attention to the wearer's crotch area
An insect that eats insects, with a long beak and antennae, whose males have a curved tail like a scorpion
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Etymology
Fly in baseball means a ball that 'flies' high in the air, and it is named from the verb fly because the ball moves up and through the air.