Definition of Knuckler

1. Noun. A baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin.

Exact synonyms: Knuckleball
Generic synonyms: Delivery, Pitch

Definition of Knuckler

1. Noun. (baseball) A knuckleball ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Knuckler

1. a type of baseball pitch [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Knuckler

knucklebone
knucklebones
knucklecurve
knucklecurves
knuckled
knuckled down
knuckledragger
knuckledraggers
knuckleduster
knuckledusters
knucklehead
knuckleheaded
knuckleheadedness
knuckleheads
knucklelike
knuckler (current term)
knucklers
knuckles
knuckles down
knucklier
knuckliest
knuckling
knuckling down
knuckly
knucks
knuff
knuffs
knur
knurl
knurled

Literary usage of Knuckler

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Musa Pedestris: Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes (1536-1896) by John Stephen Farmer (1896)
"... To the spout with the sneezers in grand array, No dummy hunter had forks so fly, No knuckler so deftly, could fake a cly, Fake away! ..."

2. For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Andrew Hislop Clarke, Andrew Barton Paterson (1899)
"Patience is a virtue, most noble knuckler !" says the Crow, with affected carelessness. " Give the young woman time. ..."

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