FASTBALL

Meaning of FASTBALL in English

/ ˈfɑːstbɔːl; NAmE ˈfæst-/ noun

( in baseball ) a ball that is thrown at the pitcher's fastest speed

= fast-pitch softball

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

FASTBALL — noun Date: 1899 a baseball pitch thrown at full speed and often rising slightly as it nears the plate, ~er …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FASTBALL — noun Canada : softball
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FASTBALL — /fast"bawl', fahst"-/ , n. Baseball. a pitch thrown at or near a pitcher's maximum velocity. [ 1910-15; FAST 1 + …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FASTBALL — n. ball pitched at top speed (Baseball)
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FASTBALL — noun Date: 1899 : a baseball pitch thrown at full speed and often rising slightly as it nears the plate …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FASTBALL — [fast.ball] n (1912): a baseball pitch thrown at full speed and often rising slightly as it nears the plate -- …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FASTBALL — fastball BrE AmE ˈfɑːs t bɔːl AmE ˈfæs t - -bɑːl ▷ fastball|er/s ə/z AmE - ə r/z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FASTBALL — fast ‧ ball /ˈfɑːstbɔːl $ ˈfæstbɒːl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] a ball that is thrown very hard and quickly towards …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FASTBALL — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But Leskanic brought a first-pitch, hit-me fastball down the pipe. ▪ He added a cut …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FASTBALL — [noun] [C] US - a type of high-speed throw in baseballThe pitcher wound up and let loose a fastball.
Cambridge English vocab
FASTBALL — Synonyms and related words : bowl, cast, change of pace, change-up, chuck, chunk, curve, downcurve, fling, flip, forward pass, heave, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FASTBALL — a baseball pitched at top speed (other pitches: slider, sinker, changeup, etc.) Judds fastball travels at about 95 miles per …
English Idioms vocab
FASTBALL — a baseball pitched at top speed (other pitches: slider, sinker, changeup, etc.) Judd's fastball travels at about 95 miles per …
English Idioms vocabulary
FASTBALL — n. Pronunciation: ' fas(t)- ˌ bo ̇ l Function: noun Date: 1899 : a baseball pitch thrown at full speed …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SPLIT-FINGERED FASTBALL — noun Date: 1979 a fastball thrown with the ball gripped as for a forkball so that it drops rapidly as …
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SPLIT-FINGERED FASTBALL — /split"fing'geuhrd/ , Baseball. a pitch, similar to the forkball but thrown with the same arm speed as a fastball, that …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SPLIT-FINGERED FASTBALL — noun Date: 1979 : a fastball thrown with the ball gripped as for a forkball so that it drops rapidly …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SPLIT-FINGERED FASTBALL — [split-fingered fastball] n (1979): a fast baseball pitch thrown with the ball gripped as for a forkball
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SPLITTER — noun Date: 1623 one that splits, one who classifies organisms into numerous named groups based on relatively minor variations or …
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SPLIT-FINGER — noun see: ~ed fastball
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SINKER — noun Date: 1632 one that sinks, doughnut , a fastball that sinks as it reaches the plate
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HUMMER — noun Date: 1605 one that hums, hummingbird , humdinger , fastball
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HEATER — noun Date: 15th century one that heats, fastball
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FLAMETHROWER — noun Date: 1917 a device that expels from a nozzle a burning stream of liquid or semiliquid fuel under pressure, …
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FASTBALLER — noun see: fastball
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DUST — I. noun see: fume Date: before 12th century fine particles of matter (as of earth), the particles into which something …
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CHANGEUP — noun Date: 1949 a slow pitch in baseball thrown with the same motion as a fastball in order to deceive …
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YOUNG, CY — orig. Denton True Young born March 29, 1867, Gilmore, Ohio, U.S. died Nov. 4, 1955, Newcomerstown, Ohio U.S. baseball pitcher. …
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KOUFAX, SANDY — in full Sanford Koufax orig. Sanford Braun born Dec. 30, 1935, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. baseball pitcher. Koufax's mother …
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JOHNSON, WALTER (PERRY) — born Nov. 6, 1887, Humboldt, Kan., U.S. died Dec. 10, 1946, Washington, D.C. U.S. baseball pitcher. Johnson had perhaps the …
Английский словарь Британика
GIBSON, BOB — orig. Pack Robert Gibson born Nov. 9, 1935, Omaha, Neb., U.S. U.S. baseball pitcher. Gibson was an outstanding high-school baseball …
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