BRUSHBACK

Meaning of BRUSHBACK in English

/brush"bak'/ , n. Baseball.

a fastball thrown high and inside to force the batter away from the plate, often to intimidate.

[ 1950-55; n. use of v. phrase brush back ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

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 — 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 — / ˈbrʌʃbæk; NAmE / noun ( in baseball ) a fast pitch (= throw) that is aimed close to the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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

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