单词 | palm ball |
释义 | > as lemmaspalm ball palm ball n. (a) Bowling a ball whose delivery is supported chiefly by the palm rather than with the fingers (rare); (b) Baseball an unpredictable pitch in which the ball is gripped with the thumb and palm rather than the fingertips and thrown without spin. ΚΠ 1918 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 28 Feb. 3/3 Mr Gengler is not only skillful in handling splits but he is famous as a palm ball bowler. 1923 Los Angeles Times 4 Dec. iii. 3/3 There is the slow ball and the fade-away and the knuckle ball and the hock ball, and the spit ball and the palm ball [etc.]. 1948 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 15 Mar. 17/4 The lanky Cincinnati Reds' sidewheeler has added a new pitch to his repertoire—a palm ball. 1994 D. Halberstam October 1964 iv. 47 He did not have a very good fastball... He did have a wicked palm ball, a pitch that allowed him to rear back and throw with a violent arm motion, while the ball itself proceeded slowly toward the plate. 1996 Thumb Tip Grip for Palm Ball Release in alt.sport.bowling (Usenet newsgroup) 24 Feb. Does anyone throw a ‘palm ball’ with the tip (first joint) of their thumb in the ball? < as lemmas |
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