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Definition of Knuckleball
1. Noun. A baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin.
Definition of Knuckleball
1. Noun. (baseball) 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. ¹
2. Noun. An event that is hard to predict. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive baseball) To pitch knuckleballs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Knuckleball
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knuckleball
Literary usage of Knuckleball
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. What Wisconsin Took by Paul Dickey (2006)
"Our star reliever is truth although on occasion we may keep him warming up in
the bullpen, rest his knuckleball, doubt that he exists, fine him for showing ..."