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The Collaborative International Dictionary
line drive

Liner \Lin"er\ (l[imac]n"[~e]r), n.

  1. One who lines, as, a liner of shoes or clothing.

  2. An airplane or ship belonging to a transportation company; also, a line-of-battle ship; a ship of the line.

  3. (Mach.) A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them, fill a space, etc.; a shim.

  4. A lining[2]. Specifically: (Steam Engine) A lining within the cylinder, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket.

  5. A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.

  6. (Baseball) A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the ground; also called line drive; as, he hit a sharp liner to right.

  7. A protective envelope for a phonograph record or other object.

  8. A lining; as, a removable coat liner.

  9. Same as eyeliner.

Wiktionary
line drive

n. (context baseball softball English) A batted ball hit hard enough and low enough that it appears to travel in a relatively straight line.

WordNet
line drive

n. (baseball) a hit that flies straight out from the batter; "the batter hit a liner to the shortstop" [syn: liner]

Usage examples of "line drive".

Rob swung and connected for a hard line drive down the left field line, but the ball hooked left and landed in foul territory.

Halfway there the ball burst into flame, but the line drive didn't slow at all.

When I was a boy, Herb Score was a famous pitcher for the Cleveland Indians who was hit in the face and almost killed by a line drive.

We have adequate fuel left to do a straight-line drive all the way back to Pegasus, provided we don’.

His nose was long and just slightly crooked from a line drive she'd hit herself, smartly, when they'd been playing American baseball more than ten years before.

His nose was long and just slightly crooked from a line drive she'd hit herself, smartly, when they'd been playing American baseball over ten years before.

Only being hit in the shoulder by a wicked line drive had kept him out of professional sports.