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forkball

forkball noun: a baseball pitch, much like the sinker.

Noun

forkball (plural forkballs)

  1. A baseball pitch, much like the sinker.

Forms of forkball

pluralforkballs

Origin of forkball

From fork + ball, since it is held between the first two fingers.

Words formed from forkball

Questions about forkball

What does forkball mean?
Forkball means a baseball pitch, much like the sinker.
What part of speech is forkball?
Forkball is a noun.
What is the plural of forkball?
The plural of forkball is forkballs.

Words near forkball in the dictionary

  1. fork-tailed flycatcher
  2. fork-tailed flycatchers
  3. fork-tender
  4. fork-tongued
  5. forkable
  6. forkball
  7. forkballer
  8. forkballers
  9. forkballs
  10. forkbeard
  11. forkbeards

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Adapted from Wiktionary: forkball (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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