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Baseball Slang.a pitched ball hit for a home run: leading the league in gopher balls.[1945-55]
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gopher ball — n. [Slang] BaseballBaseball Slang a pitch that is hit for a home run … English World dictionary
gopher ball — n. a baseball pitch that is hit as a home run. (When it is hit, the batter will go for home.) □ Wilbur hit another long gopher ball straight across center field. □ The center fielder did a dive over the fence trying to get the gopher ball … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
gopher ball — {n.}, {slang} A baseball pitch that is hit for a home run. * /The pitcher s only weakness this year is the gopher ball./ … Dictionary of American idioms
gopher ball — {n.}, {slang} A baseball pitch that is hit for a home run. * /The pitcher s only weakness this year is the gopher ball./ … Dictionary of American idioms
gopher\ ball — noun slang A baseball pitch that is hit for a home run. The pitcher s only weakness this year is the gopher ball … Словарь американских идиом
gopher ball — noun : a pitched ball hit for extra bases; specifically : one hit for a home run * * * noun, pl ⋯ balls [count] baseball informal : a pitch that a batter hits for a home run a pitcher who has thrown eight gopher balls so far this year … Useful english dictionary
gopher ball — noun A pitched ball hit for a home run … Wiktionary
gopher ball — go′pher ball n. Slang. spo a pitched baseball hit for a home run … From formal English to slang
gopher ball — noun Date: circa 1949 a pitched baseball hit for a home run … New Collegiate Dictionary
Gopher — may refer to:* Gopher (animal), including: ** True gopher, i.e. pocket gopher or member of Geomyidae, native to North America ** Richardson s Ground Squirrel, a species of Spermophilus ** Ground squirrel, in a loose general sense, Sciuridae **… … Wikipedia
