knuckleball
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Is knuckleball a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
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What is the meaning of knuckleball?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (baseball) A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation, which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to micro-turbulence in the air.Examples: "Even the pitcher doesn't know where his knuckleball is going."; "Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield is best known for his use of the knuckleball."Synonyms: flutterball, floater, dancer, butterfly ball, ghostball, bug
2. (cricket) A type of delivery where a fast bowler holds the ball on the knuckles of the index and middle fingers.
3. (figurative, informal) An event that is hard to predict.Examples: "Our vendor keeps throwing us knuckleballs."figurativelyinformal
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, baseball) To pitch knuckleballs.Examples: "Varitek did not start so Kevin Cash could catch the knuckleballing starter Tim Wakefield."intransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary