knuckleball
IPA: nˈʌkʌɫbɔɫ
noun
- (baseball) A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation, which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to micro-turbulence in the air.
- (figurative) An event that is hard to predict.
verb
- (intransitive, baseball) To pitch knuckleballs.
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Examples of "knuckleball" in Sentences
- Use of the knuckleball in pitching.
- As it is really not a knuckleball at all.
- This is akin to a knuckleball in baseball.
- He was an early specialist in the knuckleball.
- There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball.
- It is sometimes used simply as slang for the knuckleball.
- The prevalence of the knuckleballer has varied over time.
- He is considered to be the father of the modern knuckleball.
- Hough complemented his knuckleball with a fastball and slider.
- These factors lead to the scarcity of the so called knuckleballer.
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