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

Luis Severino made a couple of defensive missteps himself, misplaying a pair of comebackers near the mound that allowed one run to score and set up Tommy Edman for a sacrifice fly later in the inning. —Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024

Then a Cactus League comebacker drilled Treinen in the right rib cage March 9. —Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024

Hoeing ended the inning on a comebacker by Teoscar Hernández. —Kevin Acee, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024

And Wednesday is Tarik Skubal Day, assuming he’s fully recovered from the comebacker off his non-pitching hand in his previous start, in his personal house of horrors — Skubal’s ERA is 6.14 at Kauffman Stadium and just 3.87 at all other road venues. —Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 16 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined at sense 1