🗣️ A loud person 🚨 A sudden noise 😱 A jump scare ⚾ A hard-hit ball 📰 A shocking headline 🦆 A large bird

screamer

1 7.8

A ball hit so hard that it moves very fast

noun
/ˈskrimər/

Jargon

: batazo (béisbol/cricket)

The crowd erupted when the striker fired a screamer into the top corner of the net.

Examples

Hit the screamer.

The Formula (1980)
Baker swings and sends a real screamer towards short.

Major League II (1994)
Baker swings hard and drives a screamer past the outfield for a home run.
During the game, he connected with the ball perfectly, hitting a powerful screamer that left the goalkeeper no chance.

Synonyms

scorcher

vsscreamer

Jargon

1 7.5

A ball hit or kicked very hard that moves very fast

is made by a very hard strike, typically in bat sports like baseball

Compounds

crested screamer

Specialized

1 9.9

A large South American bird with a feathery crest that lives in marshes

horned screamer

9.9

A large South American bird with a horn on its forehead and very loud calls

How Fast

screamer

Jargon

1 7.8

liner

Jargon

5 3.9

Surface Forms

screamer singular

screamers plural

Morphology

screamer = scream (semi-transparent) = scream + er

Sports slang likening a very hard/fast hit to something that 'screams' — the relation is figurative and requires world/sports knowledge.

Etymology

Screamer comes from the verb scream ('a loud, sharp noise') plus -er, meaning 'something that makes that noise'. In sports, a very hard, fast hit is called a screamer because it seems to 'scream' past players.