BRUSHBACK

Meaning of BRUSHBACK in English

/ ˈbrʌʃbæk; NAmE / noun

( in baseball ) a fast pitch (= throw) that is aimed close to the batter's body so they have to step back to avoid it

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

BRUSHBACK — noun Date: 1954 a pitch intentionally thrown near the batter's head or body in baseball, brush back transitive verb
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BRUSHBACK — ˈ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: brush + back (IV) : a pitch thrown near the batter's head in baseball in an …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BRUSHBACK — /brush"bak'/ , n. Baseball. a fastball thrown high and inside to force the batter away from the plate, often to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BRUSHBACK — noun Date: 1954 : a pitch intentionally thrown near the batter's head or body in baseball • brush back transitive …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BRUSHBACK — [brush.back] n (1954): a fastball intentionally thrown near the batter's head or body in baseball -- brush back vt
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BRUSHBACK — Pronunciation: ' br ə sh- ˌ bak Function: noun Date: 1954 : a pitch intentionally thrown near the batter's head …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BRUSH BACK — transitive verb see: brushback
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BRUSH BACK — transitive verb : to throw a brushback to hard to set up a hitter if you can't brush him back …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BRUSH BACK — see brushback
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary