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knuckleballing

knuckleballing is the present participle and gerund of knuckleball.

Meaning of knuckleball

Verb

knuckleball (third-person singular simple present knuckleballs, present participle knuckleballing, simple past and past participle knuckleballed)

  1. (intransitive) To pitch knuckleballs.
    • Varitek did not start so Kevin Cash could catch the knuckleballing starter Tim Wakefield.2008 April 16, The Associated Press, “Tigers Rally Again to Defeat the Twins”, in New York Times

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Questions about knuckleballing

What is knuckleballing the present participle and gerund of?
Knuckleballing is the present participle and gerund of knuckleball.

Words near knuckleballing in the dictionary

  1. knuckle-walking
  2. knuckleball
  3. knuckleballed
  4. knuckleballer
  5. knuckleballers
  6. knuckleballing
  7. knuckleballs
  8. knucklebone
  9. knucklebones
  10. knuckleboom
  11. knucklebooms

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