lowball
/ˈləʊbɔːl
/noun Baseball
1A ball pitched so as to pass over the plate below the level of the batter’s knees.Ted was basically a dead lowball hitter when he came into the league and didn't hit the high fastball too well....
- A dead lowball hitter with a loop in his swing, Lankford this season has been swinging at too many pitches up in the zone.
1.1 [as modifier] North American informal (Of an estimate, bid, etc.) deceptively or unrealistically low.In June, they made lowball offers for the shares it doesn't own in each....
- While the original offer was a lowball bid, she figures the new one may be enough to get edgy investors already worried about consolidation to cash out.
- When the campaign's lowball estimate of how much it can collect for a primary race without opposition is $170 million, you're looking at the greatest political fundraising machine since Louis XIV dined alone.
verb [with object] North American informal
Offer a deceptively or unrealistically low bid or estimate to: are you being lowballed by someone who hopes to make money on extras later?...
- Several property owners were lowballed, and court decisions increased their take.
- It was no surprise that other general managers lowballed him in trade talks.
- Sources close to Brown say he was lowballed when negotiations began, setting the table for what proved to be sour negotiations at times.
Rhymes
- lively-looking
- liven
- livener
- liveness
- live oak
- live off (or on)
- live off (or on) the fat of the land
- live off the land
- live one
- live one's own life
- live on one's nerves (or one's nerve ends)
- live out of a suitcase
- liver
- live rail
- liverance
- 'liverance
- liver-brown
- liver chestnut
- liver complaint
- liverd
- livered
- live register
- liver fluke
- liver-grown
- liver-hearted