ballhawk
nounEtymology From ball + hawk.
1
American football, Ball games, Basketball, Football, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A player who is particularly good at catching interceptions.
2
Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports A fielder who is particularly good at catching fly balls.
- They documented Waveland Avenue's ballhawk culture, where Moe Mullins, who's recovered more than 3,500, is king, and followed him home to gape at his bounty: 1,000 major-league balls hoarded like dinosaur eggs.2001 October 5, Deanna Isaacs, “Oddballs and True Believers/Film Center's New Marquee Player”, in Chicago Reader:
- Last season, when the Giants came to town, a noted ballhawk named Wes Wagner scored tickets in the first row of the bleacher boxes in right field.2007 July 18, Lee Jenkins, “At Wrigley, Fans Debate What to Do With a Ball”, in New York Times:
- Derived terms
- ball-hawking