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spitball 音标拼音: [sp'ɪtb ,ɔl] n. 纸团,唾沫曲球 纸团,唾沫曲球 spitball n 1: a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere 2: an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance ( spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it [ synonym: { spitball}, { spitter}] spitball \ spit" ball`\, spit ball \ spit" ball`\, n. 1. Paper chewed, and rolled into a ball, to be thrown as a missile; -- a childish prank. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Baseball) A pitched ball in throwing which the pitcher grips the ball between two, or three, fingers on one side ( which is made slippery, as by saliva) and the thumb on the other side, and delivers it so that it slips off the fingers with the least possible friction; -- also called { spitter}. When pitched directly overhand a spit ball darts downward, when pitched with the arm extended sidewise it darts down and out. The use of such a pitch is against the rules of professional baseball. [ Cant] -- { Spit baller}. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. PJC] 36 Moby Thesaurus words for " spitball": bowl, cast, change of pace, change- up, chuck, chunk, curve, downcurve, fastball, fling, flip, forward pass, heave, hurl, incurve, knuckleball, lateral, lateral pass, lob, outcurve, pass, peg, pitch, put, screwball, serve, service, shot- put, shy, sinker, slider, sling, spitter, throw, toss, upcurve
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