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

Advertisement Shoulder problems derailed Treinen in 2022 and 2023, and Treinen suffered another setback last March when a Cactus League comebacker drilled him in the right rib cage. —Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024

He was struck on his right wrist by Diaz’s second-inning comebacker. —Chantz Martin, Fox News, 2 Oct. 2024

After taking a comebacker off his left calf July 27 in Baltimore, King is expected to make his next start this week in Pittsburgh. —Dennis Lin, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024

Tigers starter Kenta Maeda was removed from the game in the sixth inning after taking a 94-mph Taylor Ward comebacker to the midsection. —Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 28 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined at sense 1