to glove
- verb
- /ɡlʌv/
- US
:
atrapar con el guante
- The pitcher threw a fastball, and the catcher gloved it effortlessly to prevent any runs.
- gloved the ball
Examples
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The other teams either had to go down swinging or hit the ball into play so we could glove it.
Fiction book (1998) -
Nomar fields it, gloves it, throws to first.
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Halfway through the third, he slid across the crease to make a nice save, and thirty seconds later he gloved a shot from the top of the circle.
Blog text (1) -
He gloved the ball smoothly, preventing it from hitting the ground during the baseball game.
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As the batter hit the ball, the fielder gloved it quickly and made a precise throw to first base.
Synonyms
10
3.5
To play and try to catch or stop the ball in a game
Idioms
Compounds
8
2.4
A padded leather glove boxers wear to protect their hand and the opponent from serious injury
- Archaic
Loss of feeling in the hand and wrist in a glove-like pattern not caused by a physical injury
How Secure
- US
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb glove in sports comes from the same idea of a 'hand-cover' catching something, so to glove a ball is to catch or stop it by holding it in your glove.