bump ball

noun

A ball that bounces off of the pitch immediately after being hit by the bat, and goes up in the air.

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Meanings

nounbump ball (plural bump balls)

plural bump balls

  1. ball gamesA ball that bounces off of the pitch immediately after being hit by the bat, and goes up in the air.

    The umpire believed, mistakenly, that it was a bump ball and Boucher was allowed to remain at the crease.

    2005, David Fraser, Cricket and the Law: The Man in White is Always Right, →ISBN, page 302
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APA

bump ball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bump%20ball

MLA

“bump ball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bump%20ball. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bump ball,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bump%20ball.

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