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/ˈaʊtˌswɪŋə/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌswɪŋər/ 1. Cricket. A ball which swings (swing v.1 11d) away from the batter towards the off side. Also occasionally: a bowler who makes the ball move in this way. Bowlers typically use outswingers to make the batter edge the ball and give a catch to the wicketkeeeper or slips.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball
full toss1826
long hop1830
twister1832
bail ball1833
bailer1833
grubber1837
slow ball1838
wide1838
ground ball1839
shooter1843
slower ball1846
twiddler1847
creeper1848
lob1851
sneak1851
sneaker1851
slow1854
bumper1855
teaser1856
daisy-cutter1857
popper1857
yorker1861
sharpshooter1863
headball1866
screwball1866
underhand1866
skimmerc1868
grub1870
ramrod1870
raymonder1870
round-armer1871
grass cutter1876
short pitch1877
leg break1878
lob ball1880
off-break1883
donkey-drop1888
tice1888
fast break1889
leg-breaker1892
kicker1894
spinner1895
wrong 'un1897
googly1903
fizzer1904
dolly1906
short ball1911
wrong 'un1911
bosie1912
bouncer1913
flyer1913
percher1913
finger-spinner1920
inswinger1920
outswinger1920
swinger1920
off-spinner1924
away swinger1925
Chinaman1929
overspinner1930
tweaker1938
riser1944
leg-cutter1949
seamer1952
leggy1954
off-cutter1955
squatter1955
flipper1959
lifter1959
cutter1960
beamer1961
loosener1962
doosra1999
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > bowler > types of bowler
slow bowler1823
fast bowler1828
bias bowler1854
round-arm1858
demon bowler1861
left-hander1864
chucker1882
lobster1889
slow1895
leg-breaker1904
speed merchant1913
leg-spinner1920
spin bowler1920
off-spinner1924
quickie1934
tweaker1935
swerve-bowler1944
pace bowler1947
seam bowler1948
spinner1951
seamer1952
wrist-spinner1957
outswinger1958
swing bowler1958
quick1960
stock bowler1968
paceman1972
leggy1979
1920 E. R. Wilson in P. F. Warner Cricket (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) (new ed.) ii. 67 Mr. E. W. Clark bowled ‘out-swingers’.
1958 P. Richardson Tackle Cricket this Way iii. 50 Trueman, also, is primarily an outswinger.
1987 Daily Tel. 4 Sept. 24/7 Bicknell dismissed Capel with an almost unplayable out-swinger.
2001 Times of India (Nexis) 18 Aug. Sadagoppan Ramesh was the first to go as Dilhara Fernando castled the left-hander for two after the batsman played all over an outswinger.
2. Association Football. A lofted cross from the wing, esp. a corner kick, in which the flight of the ball curls away from the goal or goal line.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres
holding1866
hand-balling1867
left-footer1874
header1875
handball1879
goal kick1881
corner1882
spot kick1884
middle1899
clearance1920
cross-kick1927
cross-pass1929
body swerve1933
open goal1934
headball1936
chip1939
through-ball1956
wall pass1958
outswinger1959
cross1961
overlap1969
blooter1976
hospital pass1978
route one1978
sidefoot1979
top bin1999
ankle-biting2001
1959 Times 19 Mar. 18/3 Riley lost his man and sent over an out-swinger.
1982 R. Widdows Hamlyn Bk. Football (1983) 182 Statistical studies show that..inswingers are more likely to produce goals than outswingers.
2001 Western Gaz. (Electronic ed.) 4 Oct. This time Simmons produced an outswinger that fell to Butler, who hit the ball on the half-volley from 25 yards to put his team 2-0 up.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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