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cut fastball

cut fastball noun: a pitch thrown with an offset grip and a moderate amount of added pressure by middle finger yielding a combination of backspin and some sidespin, resulting in motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher with velocity only slightly diminished from that of a fastball.

Noun

cut fastball (plural cut fastballs)

  1. A pitch thrown with an offset grip and a moderate amount of added pressure by middle finger yielding a combination of backspin and some sidespin, resulting in motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher with velocity only slightly diminished from that of a fastball
    • His cut fastball tends to break bats.
    Synonyms:
    cutter

Synonyms of cut fastball

Forms of cut fastball

pluralcut fastballs

Questions about cut fastball

What does cut fastball mean?
Cut fastball means a pitch thrown with an offset grip and a moderate amount of added pressure by middle finger yielding a combination of backspin and some sidespin, resulting in motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher with velocity only slightly diminished from that of a fastball.
What part of speech is cut fastball?
Cut fastball is a noun.
What is the plural of cut fastball?
The plural of cut fastball is cut fastballs.

Words near cut fastball in the dictionary

  1. cut crease
  2. cut deeper than a knife
  3. cut down
  4. cut down the tall poppy
  5. cut down to size
  6. cut fastball
  7. cut fastballs
  8. cut for sign
  9. cut from the same cloth
  10. cut glass
  11. cut ice

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