slurve

[ slurv ]
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nounBaseball.
  1. a pitch similar to a slider in delivery but with more curve to the ball’s path: He throws a hard slurve, which has resulted in a lot of swinging strikeouts.

Origin of slurve

1
First recorded in 1975–80; blend of slider and curve

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