ball hawk

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   a team athlete who is skilled at stealing or catching the ball

   Broaderathlete

Questions about ball hawk

What does ball hawk mean?

ball hawk means "a team athlete who is skilled at stealing or catching the ball".

Is ball hawk a common word?

ball hawk is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.