spitballn.

Forms: Also spit-ball, spit ball.

Etymology: < spit n.² + ball n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspitball.

North American.

1. A spittle-ball (spittle-ball n. at spittle n.² Compounds 1), esp. one thrown as a missile by a schoolchild.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun] > throwing missiles > a projectile > ball of chewed paper

spitball1846

spittle-ball1885

1846 Knickerbocker 27 410 They..crooked pins, made pop-guns, ejected spit-balls.

1873 ‘M. Twain’ & C. D. Warner Gilded Age liii So awed were they..that during three minutes not a ‘spit-ball’ was thrown.

1897 A. Fuller Pratt Portraits 237 ‘Why, how could he make a spot so high up?’ ‘He threw a spit-ball.’

1899 W. James Talks to Teachers 92 The spitballs that Tommy is ready to throw.

1939 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Ingleside xi. 71 Bertie Shakespeare Drew threw a spit-ball at her.

1956 M. W. Stearns Story of Jazz (1957) xix. 252 Gillespie was also perfecting his spitball-throwing technique while in the Calloway band.

1977 I. Shaw Beggarman, Thief ii. iii. 143 They [sc. the teachers] spend most of the time trying to keep the kids from..throwing spitballs.

2. Baseball. A ball moistened on one side with saliva or sweat before pitching, so that it acquires a swerve. (Illegal in the official game.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > pitching > types of pitch

change of pace1650

slow ball1838

passed ball1860

ball1863

rib roaster1864

called ball1865

low ball1866

wild pitch1867

curveball1875

short pitch1877

grass cutter1879

fastball1883

downshoot1886

lob ball1888

pitchout1903

bean ballc1905

spitball1905

screwball1908

spitter1908

sinker ball1910

fallaway1912

meatball1912

fireball1913

roundhouse1913

forkball1923

sinker1926

knuckle ball1927

knuckler1928

gofer1932

slider1936

sailer1937

junk1941

change up1942

eephus1943

junkball1944

split-finger(ed) fastball1980

change1982

1905 J. J. McGraw Official Baseball Guide 13 The perfect ‘spit’ ball drops from a batter's hips to his knees or below in perhaps two feet of forward motion.

1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch 20 Some spit-ball pitchers announce when they are going to throw a moist one by looking at the ball as they dampen it.

1913 A. E. Crawley Bk. Ball ii. 44 The Baseball pitcher moistens the horse-hide cover of the ball with saliva. The ‘spit-ball’, thus produced, may (it is said) reverse its curvature.

1917 C. Mathewson Second Base Sloan 293 The elongated spit-ball artist of the visiting club.

1928 G. H. Ruth Babe Ruth's Own Bk. Baseball vi. 75 All spit balls break down, but by turning the wet spot one way or the other the pitcher can make the ball break in or out as he desires.

1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues viii. 125 His arms [were] pumping like he was a pitcher winding up to shoot a spitball over the plate.

1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 7 July 4- a/2 That's what I can do for the Cubs. I guarantee that they will be snarling and swearing, gouging, spiking, mauling. They'll be throwing beanballs and spitballs.

3. transferred and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > grenade

trombe1562

grenade1591

grenado1611

granata1637

hand grenade1637

bag-granado1638

shell1647

glass-grenade1664

globe1672

flask1769

petrol bomb1903

rifle grenade1909

hairbrush1916

Mills1916

pineapple bomb1916

stick grenade1917

fragmentation bomb1918

pineapple1918

potato-masher grenade1925

spitball1925

Molotov cocktail1940

sticky bomb1940

stick-bomb1941

red devila1944

stun grenade1977

flash-bang1982

1888 Judge 10 Nov. 68/1 All statements to the opposite effect are spit-balls at the moon.

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 266 Spit ball, hand-grenade. (U.S. Army.)

1931 W. G. McAdoo Crowded Years xv. 225 Their vitriolic comments..consisted chiefly of mere verbal spitballs thrown in a..mood of..sabotage.

1933 E. O'Neill Days without End i. 33 They'd turned naughty schoolboys and were throwing spitballs at Almighty God.

1960 I. Wallach Absence of Cello 58 She also thought that their impulse to outrage was over-developed. ‘You all sit around and throw spitballs at the world,’ she said.

1981 T. Barling Bikini Red North xii. 263 It doesn't make a spitball of difference. The deadline stands.

Derivatives

ˈspitball v. (intransitive) to throw out suggestions for discussion.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > make a suggestion [verb (intransitive)]

motion1509

refer1572

propound1598

dogmatize1613

suggesta1616

spitball1955

1955 H. Kurnitz Invasion of Privacy (1956) viii. 64 I'm just thinking out loud... Spitballing we call it in the movie business.

1961 J. B. Priestley Saturn over Water iv. 52 No, don't tell me we're not talking about painting. I'm only spitballing while I try to think.

1976 C. Larson Muir's Blood xvii. 98 ‘Are you serious?’ Blixen asked. ‘I'm spitballing,’ Schreiber replied.

ˈspitballer n. a person who throws spitballs.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [noun] > pitcher

pitcher1845

relief pitcher1884

southpaw1887

side-wheeler1890

moundsman1906

pretzel bender1908

starter1911

sidewinder1913

low-ball pitcher1915

fastballer1924

route-goer1924

reliever1925

hurler1926

fireballer1928

spitballer1928

screwballer1929

stopper1948

closer1980

middleman1985

1928 Chicago Tribune 7 June 19/4 The Giants..made only three hits off..Clarence Mitchell, the southpaw spitballer.

1977 New Yorker 2 May 100/3 The spitballer won't grow into His father's jacket.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	spitball
释义	spitballn. Forms: Also spit-ball, spit ball. Etymology: < spit n.² + ball n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspitball. North American. 1. A spittle-ball (spittle-ball n. at spittle n.² Compounds 1), esp. one thrown as a missile by a schoolchild. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [noun] > throwing missiles > a projectile > ball of chewed paper spitball1846 spittle-ball1885 1846 Knickerbocker 27 410 They..crooked pins, made pop-guns, ejected spit-balls. 1873 ‘M. Twain’ & C. D. Warner Gilded Age liii So awed were they..that during three minutes not a ‘spit-ball’ was thrown. 1897 A. Fuller Pratt Portraits 237 ‘Why, how could he make a spot so high up?’ ‘He threw a spit-ball.’ 1899 W. James Talks to Teachers 92 The spitballs that Tommy is ready to throw. 1939 L. M. Montgomery Anne of Ingleside xi. 71 Bertie Shakespeare Drew threw a spit-ball at her. 1956 M. W. Stearns Story of Jazz (1957) xix. 252 Gillespie was also perfecting his spitball-throwing technique while in the Calloway band. 1977 I. Shaw Beggarman, Thief ii. iii. 143 They [sc. the teachers] spend most of the time trying to keep the kids from..throwing spitballs. 2. Baseball. A ball moistened on one side with saliva or sweat before pitching, so that it acquires a swerve. (Illegal in the official game.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > pitching > types of pitch change of pace1650 slow ball1838 passed ball1860 ball1863 rib roaster1864 called ball1865 low ball1866 wild pitch1867 curveball1875 short pitch1877 grass cutter1879 fastball1883 downshoot1886 lob ball1888 pitchout1903 bean ballc1905 spitball1905 screwball1908 spitter1908 sinker ball1910 fallaway1912 meatball1912 fireball1913 roundhouse1913 forkball1923 sinker1926 knuckle ball1927 knuckler1928 gofer1932 slider1936 sailer1937 junk1941 change up1942 eephus1943 junkball1944 split-finger(ed) fastball1980 change1982 1905 J. J. McGraw Official Baseball Guide 13 The perfect ‘spit’ ball drops from a batter's hips to his knees or below in perhaps two feet of forward motion. 1912 C. Mathewson Pitching in Pinch 20 Some spit-ball pitchers announce when they are going to throw a moist one by looking at the ball as they dampen it. 1913 A. E. Crawley Bk. Ball ii. 44 The Baseball pitcher moistens the horse-hide cover of the ball with saliva. The ‘spit-ball’, thus produced, may (it is said) reverse its curvature. 1917 C. Mathewson Second Base Sloan 293 The elongated spit-ball artist of the visiting club. 1928 G. H. Ruth Babe Ruth's Own Bk. Baseball vi. 75 All spit balls break down, but by turning the wet spot one way or the other the pitcher can make the ball break in or out as he desires. 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues viii. 125 His arms [were] pumping like he was a pitcher winding up to shoot a spitball over the plate. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 7 July 4- a/2 That's what I can do for the Cubs. I guarantee that they will be snarling and swearing, gouging, spiking, mauling. They'll be throwing beanballs and spitballs. 3. transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > grenade trombe1562 grenade1591 grenado1611 granata1637 hand grenade1637 bag-granado1638 shell1647 glass-grenade1664 globe1672 flask1769 petrol bomb1903 rifle grenade1909 hairbrush1916 Mills1916 pineapple bomb1916 stick grenade1917 fragmentation bomb1918 pineapple1918 potato-masher grenade1925 spitball1925 Molotov cocktail1940 sticky bomb1940 stick-bomb1941 red devila1944 stun grenade1977 flash-bang1982 1888 Judge 10 Nov. 68/1 All statements to the opposite effect are spit-balls at the moon. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 266 Spit ball, hand-grenade. (U.S. Army.) 1931 W. G. McAdoo Crowded Years xv. 225 Their vitriolic comments..consisted chiefly of mere verbal spitballs thrown in a..mood of..sabotage. 1933 E. O'Neill Days without End i. 33 They'd turned naughty schoolboys and were throwing spitballs at Almighty God. 1960 I. Wallach Absence of Cello 58 She also thought that their impulse to outrage was over-developed. ‘You all sit around and throw spitballs at the world,’ she said. 1981 T. Barling Bikini Red North xii. 263 It doesn't make a spitball of difference. The deadline stands. Derivatives ˈspitball v. (intransitive) to throw out suggestions for discussion. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > make a suggestion [verb (intransitive)] motion1509 refer1572 propound1598 dogmatize1613 suggesta1616 spitball1955 1955 H. Kurnitz Invasion of Privacy (1956) viii. 64 I'm just thinking out loud... Spitballing we call it in the movie business. 1961 J. B. Priestley Saturn over Water iv. 52 No, don't tell me we're not talking about painting. I'm only spitballing while I try to think. 1976 C. Larson Muir's Blood xvii. 98 ‘Are you serious?’ Blixen asked. ‘I'm spitballing,’ Schreiber replied. ˈspitballer n. a person who throws spitballs. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [noun] > pitcher pitcher1845 relief pitcher1884 southpaw1887 side-wheeler1890 moundsman1906 pretzel bender1908 starter1911 sidewinder1913 low-ball pitcher1915 fastballer1924 route-goer1924 reliever1925 hurler1926 fireballer1928 spitballer1928 screwballer1929 stopper1948 closer1980 middleman1985 1928 Chicago Tribune 7 June 19/4 The Giants..made only three hits off..Clarence Mitchell, the southpaw spitballer. 1977 New Yorker 2 May 100/3 The spitballer won't grow into His father's jacket. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1846
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