ball-hawking

adj.

1.

(Baseball or basketball or football) skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit; - used of a Baseball or basketball or football player.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

ball-hawking - used of a player skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit; "a ball-hawking center fielder" football, football game - any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" basketball, basketball game, hoops - a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop skilled - having or showing or requiring special skill; "only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team"; "a skilled surgeon has many years of training and experience"; "a skilled reconstruction of her damaged elbow"; "a skilled trade"