knuckleball
noun
1. a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin
Similar word(s): knuckler
Definition categories: act, delivery, pitch
Sentences with knuckleball as a noun:
- Even the pitcher doesn't know where his knuckleball is going.
- Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield is best known for his use of the knuckleball.
- Our vendor keeps throwing us knuckleballs.
verb
1. (intransitive, baseball) To pitch knuckleballs.