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palmball

palmball noun: a change-up pitch in which the baseball is held tightly in the palm or between the thumb and ring finger, then thrown like a fastball.

Noun

palmball (plural palmballs)

  1. A change-up pitch in which the baseball is held tightly in the palm or between the thumb and ring finger, then thrown like a fastball.

Forms of palmball

pluralpalmballs

Origin of palmball

From palm + ball.

Questions about palmball

What does palmball mean?
Palmball means a change-up pitch in which the baseball is held tightly in the palm or between the thumb and ring finger, then thrown like a fastball.
What part of speech is palmball?
Palmball is a noun.
What is the plural of palmball?
The plural of palmball is palmballs.

Words near palmball in the dictionary

  1. palmatipartite
  2. palmatisect
  3. palmatisected
  4. palmatisectly
  5. palmatolepid
  6. palmball
  7. palmballs
  8. palmberries
  9. palmberry
  10. palmchat
  11. palmchats

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