knuckleball

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.
A type of delivery where a fast bowler holds the ball on the knuckles of the index and middle fingers.
An event that is hard to predict.

verb

knuckleball knuckleballs knuckleballing knuckleballed

From knuckle + ball.

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knuckleballer

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