ball-hawking

Adjective
  1. Used of a player skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit (synset 302234501)
    "a ball-hawking center fielder"
    referred to in:
    • 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
    • ball, 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
    • 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
    similar to: skilled - having or showing or requiring special skill

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