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Meanings of pop fly in English

A short high fly ball.

        Synonyms
        Examples for "pop-up"
        Examples for "pop-up"
        1
        Two pop-up covid testing centres opened in Auckland a short time ago.
        Radio NZ
        2
        Two pop-up centres are opening this morning in Ōtara and New Lynn.
        Radio NZ
        3
        Louise also has plans for pop-up workshops, food events and music nights.
        The Guardian
        4
        Now it holds hugely popular markets, pop-up events and exhibitions, he says.
        The Guardian
        5
        The company also hosts pop-up clinics, said Dan Rubinstein, chief executive officer.
        Reuters
        Usage of pop fly in English
        1
        His little pop fly plopped onto the grass in shallow center field.
        The Yankee Years
        2
        It was a pop fly, which fell between three men, Fletcher, Murray and Snodgrass.
        Spalding's Official Baseball Guide - 1913
        3
        I remembered standing in right field, dropping a pop fly, the older boys taunting me.
        Mysterious Skin
        4
        The Indians had caught a pop fly and effectively ended Bill's participation in the conversation.
        Past malice: an emma fielding mystery
        5
        I looped a pop fly to the third baseman.
        Mysterious Skin
        6
        Martinez started that eighth inning well enough, getting Nick Johnson on a pop fly to shortstop.
        The Yankee Years
        7
        Also, the next one went out on a pop fly which Sam was able to catch.
        The Early Bird: A Business Man's Love Story
        8
        The next man went out on a pop fly to third, which held Clink where he was.
        The Rover Boys in Business; Or, The Search for the Missing Bonds
        9
        Walt connected with it but sent up only a pop fly, which the third baseman gathered in with ease.
        The Rover Boys Under Canvas; Or, The Mystery of the Wrecked Subm...
        10
        He and Papelbon exchanged words when Harper got back to the dugout: Papelbon jawed at Harper for his failure to run out a pop fly.
        The Guardian
        11
        Duane thought he looked like a batter hitting pop flies to a distant outfield.
        Summer of Night
        12
        But Graves and Raymond ran back and caught three of these little pop flies, thus retiring the side.
        The Young Pitcher
        13
        A sizzling pop flew up as the liquid inside the last vial expanded to a boil, shattering the glass.
        The passage