Sport. A ball that is hit, kicked, or thrown a long way; a hit, shot, pass, etc., that travels a long distance; spec. (Baseball) a home run.

Cricket. A slight touch or stroke given to the ball by a batter; a tip. Obsolete.

Sport. Cricket. An act (on the part of a fielder) of catching the ball after it has been struck by the batter and before it touches the ground…

Cricket. An infringement of the rule that when a batter hits the ball one foot must be in contact with the ground and behind the popping crease. di…

A particular stroke in various games with balls. Cricket. The stroke described s.v. cut, v. 31a.

a ball which when hit does not travel far from the wicket.

Cricket. A stroke played by deflecting the ball between the batter’s legs and the stumps into the area of the leg side behind the wicket. Formerly…

Cricket. An attacking stroke by which the ball is hit forcefully in front of the wicket with a straight bat. Cf. driver, n. 18a.

a hit at right angles to the wicket, esp. to square leg.

Cricket. = skyer, n. Obsolete. rare.

A ball hit high in the air, now esp. one that offers the chance of a catch to a fielder.

Sport. A ball struck high in the air; = skyer, n.

in Cricket, a late cut.

More fully bum ball. = bump ball n. at bump, n.2 compounds 2.

= sweep, n. 5b.

A vigorous blow; a hard hit at cricket.

(a) (see quot. 1850; cf. square-cut, adj. 1); (b) Cricket a cut hit square on the off-side.

Cricket. An attacking stroke by which the ball is hit forcefully in front of the wicket with a straight bat; = drive, n. 9b(a). Obsolete.

An attacking off-side stroke by which the ball is hit vigorously with a straight bat off the front or back foot, often straight and generally into an…

A stroke in which the batter glances the ball to the leg side. Cf. leg glance n. at leg, n. compounds 2b. Obsolete.

Cricket. A stroke made by jabbing or poking at the ball rather than by swinging the bat.

Cricket. A light, glancing blow given to the ball by the batter, sending it in the direction of the slips or to leg; a ball so hit.

In various slang or colloquial senses. Anything exceptionally remarkable for size, strength, severity, etc.

= leg hit n.

Originally and chiefly Cricket. A hit made by striking the ball very hard.

A drive to the on side.

a ball hit hard on to the ground close to the bat, esp. one which appears to carry to a fielder for a catch; cf. bum ball at bum, n.5

Cricket. A hit which goes very high; a skyer. Now disused.

In various technical and specialist senses. Sport. The act of pulling the ball (see pull, v. 31); a shot or stroke executed in this way.

Baseball and Cricket. A ball hit in such a way as to skim quickly along the ground. Obsolete.

a cut (cut, n.2 10a) made with a delayed action so as to send the ball to the off side behind the wicket.

A drive hit to the off side.

An implement of the form described above (sense 2), or something similar to this, used for various… Cricket. A ball lofted by a soft or weak shot…

Sport. In hockey, cricket, etc.: a stroke in which the ball is pushed rather than hit; (Billiards and Snooker) a push shot.

(in billiards, golf, cricket, etc.) a stroke in which the ball is pushed rather than hit; cf. push shot n., push, n.2 2d.

A vigorous or powerful hit with a cricket-bat.

colloq. A mishit off-drive by which the ball is deflected off the inside or outside edge of the bat behind the batter in the direction of the…

(a) a stroke (of an oar, saw, etc.) performed with a movement towards the body; (b) chiefly Cricket = pull, n.1 9f.

a stroke in which the batter holds the face of the bat at an angle in order to deflect a ball pitching on or outside leg stump behind square leg; cf…

a piece of showy play (primarily by a batter in cricket) intended to gain applause from uncritical spectators.

Cricket. attributive, as boundary-bye, boundary-hit, boundary-play, boundary-stroke.

spec. in Cricket. A stroke by which the ball is deflected towards long leg by the turned blade of the bat; = glance, n.1 1b. In full glide stroke.

Cricket. An attacking stroke made on the front foot, in which the batter brings the bat across his body to hit the ball square or backward of square…

Cricket. A hit to the boundary; (also) the number of runs allowed for the hit.

Cricket. The act of hooking: see hook, v. 8c.

a leg glance, esp. when played with little or no movement of the batter's wrists; cf. glide, n. 1b.

Cricket. A stroke made from behind the popping crease when playing back. (Usually written as two words.) Cf. back play n. at back-, comb._form…

Cricket. A quick turn of the batter's or bowler's wrist in playing or delivering the ball; also, a turn of the ball. Hockey. A stroke played with…

a stroke made by hitting a short-pitched ball, after it has risen, round to leg with a horizontal swing of the bat.

a drive (drive, n. 8) past cover-point.

a drive in which the ball is struck back down the pitch towards or past the bowler; also as v. transitive.

a drive hit square on the off-side.

Cricket. A ball that is deflected with the edge of the bat.

= pull, n.1 9f.

In Cricket, any unorthodox attacking stroke played with a great swing of the bat.

= placing shot n.

a shot which is intermediate between a push and a full drive (drive, n. 8).

(in racket sports) a defensive shot with little backswing and shortened action.

a shot that guides or directs the ball with precise control.

a pull made by hitting across the ball to leg.

Cricket (chiefly colloquial). An inelegant pull shot to the leg side. Cf. cow-shot n. at cow, n.1 compounds 2.

(see quot. 1956).

Cricket. A sweeping stroke with the bat.

Cricket. A jerky, hoisted shot.

Cricket slang. A risky or unintended stroke.

Sport. A missed shot, a miss; spec. a shot in which a batter, etc., misses the ball and strikes only air.

= skyer, n., esp. one from which the batter is caught out.

A mistimed hook shot.

Cricket. A rapid or careless attacking stroke. colloquial.

Cricket. A stroke made by bringing down the blade of the bat sharply on the ball (see quot. 1966). Also chop-cut.