CURVEBALL


Meaning of CURVEBALL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkərv-ˌbȯl ]

noun

Date: 1936

: a slow or moderately fast baseball pitch thrown with spin to make it swerve downward and usually to the left when thrown from the right hand or to the right when thrown from the left hand

• curveball verb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.