curveball
or curve ball
a pitch with a downward spin that causes the ball to drop and veer as it approaches home plate, away from the side from which it was thrown: He started perfecting his curveball during his junior year in high school.
Origin of curveball
1Words Nearby curveball
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use curveball in a sentence
And then, just like that, Price throws a curve-ball: “Pour on your liquid stockings.”
Similarly, the symbolically significant date of November 29 adds a second curve ball.
Jonathan called Kearns two weeks later but threw her a curve ball.
Barbie Latza Nadeau on the jubilant news for the Knox family—and the judge's shocking curve ball.
I want you to take a picture of my curve ball, answered Joe.
Baseball Joe on the Giants | Lester Chadwick
Lisud saw-un ang búla nga naglikuy, It is hard to catch a curve ball.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan | John U. WolffHe decided to use a high curve ball over the plate and let Prince hit, trusting to luck and the players behind him.
The Young Pitcher | Zane GreyI met Dick Talbot this morning and he promised to come over and take a film of my curve ball in a day or two.
Baseball Joe on the Giants | Lester ChadwickI pitched a curve ball that was meant for the outside corner, but cut the plate better than I intended.
Pitching in a Pinch | Christy Mathewson
British Dictionary definitions for curve ball
baseball a ball pitched in a curving path so as to make it more difficult to hit
informal something deceptive: his wholesome image was a curve ball thrown to deceive the public
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Browse