ground out

present singular third person grounds out · participle present grounding out · participle past grounded out · past grounded out

1. businessTo provide proper grounding for a circuit.
2. ball gamesTo become out by hitting a ground ball which is fielded and leads to a force or tag of a runner.

   Jones grounded out to lead off the third.

   1 more example

   Cam Smith bounced to shortstop on a 100 mph fastball, and Jacob Melton also grounded out on an 86.9 mph curveball.

   2025 June 11, “White Sox pitching prospect Grant Taylor makes jump from Double-A to perfect major league debut”, in Associated Press, archived from the original on 12 Jun 2025

plural ground outs · alternative groundout

1. ball gamesAn instance of grounding out.

   A ground out was recorded on the scorecard.

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of grind out