ground out

verb, noun — 3 senses

ground out

verb
1

Business, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Electronics, Energy, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics To provide proper grounding for a circuit.

2

Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports To 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.
  • 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:

ground out

noun
1

Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports An instance of grounding out.

  • A ground out was recorded on the scorecard.

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