SPITBALL


Meaning of SPITBALL in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

1. : paper chewed and rolled into a ball to be thrown as a missile

2. : a baseball pitch delivered after the ball has been moistened with saliva or sweat

sounded the doom of the spitball and other … freak pitching deliveries — Springfield (Massachusetts) Republican

— called also spitter

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.