单词 | knuckle ball |
释义 | knuckle ball in American English US noun Baseball a slow pitch without spin thrown with the first knuckles, or the nails, of the middle two or three fingers pressed against the ball : also called ˈknuckler (ˈnʌklər) nounknuckle ball in American Englishnoun Baseball a slow pitch that moves erratically toward home plate, usually delivered by holding the ball between the thumb and the knuckles of the first joints of the first two or three fingers Also: knuckleball. Also called: knuckler (ˈnʌklər) Word origin [1905–10, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: jazz, overcall, persona, revolving door, stabilizer |
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