Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A weakly hit ground ball that does not go far from home plate and is not a bunt.
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- noun baseball A batted
ball that travels slowly and not very far, typically because the ball is hit on the end of the fat part of thebat .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Ruiz followed with a nubber down the line and third baseman Evan Longoria charged.
USATODAY.com 2008
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Lemme teech u nubber wan rool for bebbehs: BEBBEHS ARE NEBBER UGLY!
But what does it do? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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I lefted yu a commint on a nubber fred wiv a chokklit cookie… but i eated it
PUMA - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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February 11, 2008 at 10:44 am susspektz, turn leff. nau rite. nubber fowr, setpz forwurd.
Monorail cat should be here soon - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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The Yankees 'final three outs came on fly balls by Bernie Williams and Hideki Matsui and Jorge Posada's nubber down the first-base line.
USATODAY.com - Frustration marks end of Yankees' season 2003
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Al Martin hit a nubber in front of the plate and David Bell struck out to end the game, hushing the 47,791 fans at Safeco Field.
USATODAY.com - M's hitters still can't break through vs. champs 2001
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Then there was Jay Payton standing still in the batter's box on a nubber in front of the plate, hurting the Mets in the fifth inning.
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Jackson walked, but Cherry struck out swinging and Maggin hit a little nubber to first.
FORTUNE’S LIGHT MICHAEL JAN FRIEDMAN 1991
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An 'ev'y day he see de same thing; an' he watch, an 'he watch, an' he couldn't nubber catch nobody! an 'he went, he did, ter de Coon, and he sez, sezee,' Brer Coon, dar's sumbody stealin 'uv my goobers.'
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An 'ev'y day he see de same thing; an' he watch, an 'he watch, an' he couldn't nubber catch nobody! an 'he went, he did, ter de Coon, and he sez, sezee,' Brer Coon, dar's sumbody stealin 'uv my goobers.'
Diddie, Dumps, and Tot : Or, Plantation Child-Life Louise Clarke Pyrnelle 1878
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