bump ball

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bump ball

noun bump balls

A 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.

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@misc{bump_ball_2026,
  title = {bump ball},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bump%20ball},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}