bouncer
noun
bounc·er ˈbau̇n(t)-sər 
: one that bounces: such as
a
: one employed to restrain or eject disorderly persons
b
: a bouncing ground ball
Example Sentences
The batter hit a bouncer to the shortstop.
Recent Examples on the Web In the seventh, San Francisco had a shot to get Cobb off the hook for the loss, with two outs and the bases loaded, before Scott Effross got Yastrzemski hit a soft bouncer to first. 
Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 July 2022 Margot hit a bouncer to the third-base side, and Holmes’ throw to first was off line and not in time as Margot reached with a single and Mejía scored to tie it 2-2. Dick Scanlon, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2022 As a bouncer at Hifi and Casa Amigos, Baines, 26, regularly removed patrons from the lines because of their sneakers. Kevin Redfern, The Arizona Republic, 30 May 2022 Ekwonu tosses around defenders with all the vigor of a nightclub bouncer who truly enjoys his job. Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2022 Jimbo Manion was a bouncer at the club and a lead guitarist — one of two — in Jazzbo McMann, a local southern rock band that played there often. Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2022 Reverse is up and to the left of first gear, and its detent—pushing down on the shifter—does not exactly require the hand of a seven-foot-tall bouncer with brass knuckles. Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 14 Apr. 2022 Marte reached base on a bouncer, then Peralta followed with a soft liner to shallow left field to put two runners on base. José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 30 May 2022 Hinch pulled Brieske with one out in the sixth inning, after the young righty allowed a one-out double to Mike Zunino and made a throwing error on Phillips' bouncer near the pitcher's mound. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 18 May 2022 See More
Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 July 2022 Margot hit a bouncer to the third-base side, and Holmes’ throw to first was off line and not in time as Margot reached with a single and Mejía scored to tie it 2-2. Dick Scanlon, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2022 As a bouncer at Hifi and Casa Amigos, Baines, 26, regularly removed patrons from the lines because of their sneakers. Kevin Redfern, The Arizona Republic, 30 May 2022 Ekwonu tosses around defenders with all the vigor of a nightclub bouncer who truly enjoys his job. Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2022 Jimbo Manion was a bouncer at the club and a lead guitarist — one of two — in Jazzbo McMann, a local southern rock band that played there often. Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2022 Reverse is up and to the left of first gear, and its detent—pushing down on the shifter—does not exactly require the hand of a seven-foot-tall bouncer with brass knuckles. Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 14 Apr. 2022 Marte reached base on a bouncer, then Peralta followed with a soft liner to shallow left field to put two runners on base. José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 30 May 2022 Hinch pulled Brieske with one out in the sixth inning, after the young righty allowed a one-out double to Mike Zunino and made a throwing error on Phillips' bouncer near the pitcher's mound. Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 18 May 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1865, in the meaning defined above