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Definition of Change-up
1. Noun. A baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball.
Generic synonyms: Delivery, Pitch
Definition of Change-up
1. Noun. An unexpected event. ¹
2. Noun. (baseball) A pitch thrown with the arm motion of a fastball, but which travels at a much slower velocity because it is released without the fingers adding power to the delivery. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Change-up
Literary usage of Change-up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Memorias: Transactions (1898)
"The first, which was inoculated on the 17th Feb., suffered no change up to the
15th March. On that day he showed torpidity in his movement?, ..."
2. A Guide to Understanding Security Testing and Test Documentation in Trusted by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"Probably, if you drive the rate of change up very much more the business will
... So, if we keep driving the rate of change up, the business is going to be ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1890)
"... steamer passed her for the first time, without change up to tbe moment of
collision. The foe; continued and was dense, and the same men were on deck. ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1870)
"... which is farther up : they'll give you change up there." Then said I, " If
you can't give me change, at least come and aid my party, if haply they still ..."
5. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1897)
"... sail in and out of all the red bays along the coast, and sometimes, by way of
a change, up the river to see the big boats crowding in the lock at Turf. ..."
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