curveball

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Noun

curveball (plural curveballs)

1. (baseball) A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve"

   He bit on a curveball in the dirt.

2. (by extension) An unexpected turn of events initiated by an opponent or chance.

   Life has thrown him a few curveballs.

Synonyms

• (baseball) curve (slang), deuce (slang), yakker (slang)

Translations

• French: balle courbe
• German: Curveball
• Portuguese: bola curva
• Spanish: bola curva

Verb

curveball (curveballs, present participle curveballing; past and past participle curveballed)

1. (baseball) To throw a curveball.

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