fastball

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A high-speed pitch of a baseball.
A four-seam fastball, which is a backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers

verb

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fastball.wav

fastball fastballs fastballing fastballed

From fast (adjective) + ball.

cheese fireball gas heat hummer

Bugs Bunny change-up change-up curveball cut fastball gyroball knuckleball screwball sinker slider spitball split-finger fastball two-seam fastball

fastball count fastballer split-fingered fastball

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