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flyball en · NOUN

Etymology

From fly + ball.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of fly ball.
   alt of fly ball
   • Pérez, a flyball pitcher, recorded only two fly outs, and one of the two balls hit Anderson’s way — Fielder’s three-run homer in the first — traveled an estimated 447 feet and dented a strip above the Miller Lite sign on the center-field scoreboard. 2007 August 2, Ben Shpigel, “Shaky at the Start, Pérez Settles in to Strike Out 11”, in New York Times:
2. A type of dog-race where dogs jump over hurdles to get to and return from a tennis-ball dispensing box.

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