baseball
: a weakly hit ground ball
a little nubber down the third base line
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Raffy Lopez hit a little nubber in front of the plate.
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John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 3 June 2018
Moore had a 12-34 ERA in three previous starts at Coors Field, and so there was no mistaking the omen when Charlie Blackmon led off the first inning with a nubber and ended up on second base when Posey tried an unsuccessful Skee-ball toss to first.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Mercury News, 15 June 2017
Paxton allowed just one hit in the first five innings, a Tony Wolters infield nubber in the third.
—Nick Groke, The Denver Post, 31 May 2017
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John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 3 June 2018
Moore had a 12-34 ERA in three previous starts at Coors Field, and so there was no mistaking the omen when Charlie Blackmon led off the first inning with a nubber and ended up on second base when Posey tried an unsuccessful Skee-ball toss to first.
—Andrew Baggarly, The Mercury News, 15 June 2017
Paxton allowed just one hit in the first five innings, a Tony Wolters infield nubber in the third.
—Nick Groke, The Denver Post, 31 May 2017
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“Nubber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nubber. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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