slower balln.
/ˈsləʊə ˌbɔːl/, U.S. /ˈsloʊər ˌbɔl/, /ˈsloʊər ˌbɑl/ Cricket.
A ball that is bowled at low speed, with the intention of taking a batter by surprise. Cf. slow ball n. at slow adj. Compounds 2.
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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
1846 T. Miller Boy's Summer Bk. 84 A slower ball is next delivered by the bowler, who deceived all eyes but the batsman's.
1921 Daily Tel. 14 June 11/7 Gregory..was caught and bowled by Parkin. The slower ball deceived him, and he played too quickly at it.
2013 Cricketer Sept. 18/1 Jonathan Agnew bowled me a little dobbly slower ball.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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