eephus pitch

or e·phus pitch

[ ee-fuhs pich ]

/ ˈi fəs ˌpɪtʃ /

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noun Baseball.

a junk pitch of extremely low speed and with a characteristically high arc: He baffled many a hitter with his eephus pitch.

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Also Ee·phus pitch, E·phus pitch .

Origin of eephus pitch

First recorded in 1940–45; name attributed to Maurice Van Robays (1914–65), outfielder for the Pittsburgh Pirates, for a kind of junk pitch developed in the early 1940s by Truett “Rip” Sewell (1907–89), pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates; further origin uncertain. The proposed derivation from Hebrew efeṣ “nothing, zero” is considered unlikely

Words nearby eephus pitch

e'en, eensy-weensy, EENT, EEO, EEOC, eephus pitch, e'er, eerie, eerily, eery, ef-

How to use eephus pitch in a sentence

If the pitch remains the same but the seat becomes slimmer, the result should be more body room, right?
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In the same cabin, the business class has flat beds with a 70-inch pitch.
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What results is a kind of mashup concert, a virtuoso mixed-media DJ set tuned to a keen emotional pitch.
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Media reports confirm that Gardner made a significant pitch to Hispanic voters in both English and Spanish.
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Ebola will fade enough for the Democrats to make this pitch by next week.
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Practise gliding in the form of inflection, or slide, from one extreme of pitch to another.
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What the ear hears is the fundamental pitch only; the overtones harmonize with the primary or fundamental tone, and enrich it.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
It will be remembered that pitch depends upon the rapidity of the sound waves or vibrations.
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The medium pitch expresses warmth, emotion, and the heart qualities.
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The high pitch represents mentality, the esthetic phases of beauty, and much brilliancy.
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