knuckleball
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Definitions
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.“Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield is best known for his use of the knuckleball.”
- An event that is hard to predict.“Our vendor keeps throwing us knuckleballs.”
verb
- To pitch knuckleballs.
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