Definition of "long-hop" [long-hop]

• Same as long-hopper. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Strauss ends the over with a crashing top-edged cut for four after a decent first five balls from Gul is undone with a wide long-hop."
• "In 1994 the first ball from Phil DeFreitas, a slowish, wideish long-hop was cracked to the cover boundary with such disdain by Michael Slater that England's challenge seemed to shrivel there and then."
• "Still more successful than my first outing this year, which involved losing by over a hundred runs (in a 20/20!), slapping a long-hop straight to point, and breaking a rib by diving in the outfield ..."