comebacker

noun

come·​back·​er ˈkəm-ˌba-kər 

plural comebackers

1

baseball : a ground ball hit directly to the pitcher

… Cormier had retired Mo Vaughn … on a weak comebacker to the mound to end the seventh.

—Gordon Edes

2

golf : a putt back to the hole after a preceding putt has rolled past it

After pitching to within 20 feet of the pin, Junior runs his first putt four feet past and then misses the comebacker.

—Jaime Diaz

Examples of comebacker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Following a leadoff bunt single by Koss in the ninth, Duran snagged a hard comebacker off the bat of Yastrzemski and started a critical 1-6-3 double play to thwart another potential San Francisco rally. —Dan Hayes, New York Times, 11 May 2025

Lucas fielded the first out of the seventh, followed by a comebacker to Roberts. —Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025

Cronenworth led off that inning with a single and was forced out at second on a slow comebacker to López, but Bogaerts just beat out the relay from second base. —Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025

Two batters later, with runners on the corners and two outs, Fried committed his own run-scoring error when his throw after a slow Yelich comebacker pulled first baseman Paul Goldschmidt off the bag. —Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for comebacker

• firecracker
• acker
• backer
• blacker
• cracker
• hacker
• lacquer
• packer
• slacker
• stacker
• thacker
• tracker