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throw BBs

throw BBs verb: to pitch exceedingly well, especially with high velocity pitches.

Verb

throw BBs (third-person singular simple present throws BBs, present participle throwing BBs, simple past and past participle threw BBs)

  1. To pitch exceedingly well, especially with high velocity pitches.
    • But when I get up at the plate, he's throwing BBs at me. He strikes me out twice.2003, Mickey McDermott, Howard Eisenberg, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cooperstown

Forms of throw BBs

third-person singular presentthrows BBs
present participlethrowing BBs
past participlethrew BBs
pastthrew BBs

Origin of throw BBs

* Blend of throw + BBs; an allusion to the pitches being thrown so hard that they look like, or are as hard to hit as, a BB pellet.

Questions about throw BBs

What does throw BBs mean?
Throw BBs means to pitch exceedingly well, especially with high velocity pitches.
What part of speech is throw BBs?
Throw BBs is a verb.
What is the past tense of throw BBs?
The past tense of throw BBs is threw BBs.

Words near throw BBs in the dictionary

  1. throw away
  2. throw away the key
  3. throw back
  4. throw bag
  5. throw bags
  6. throw BBs
  7. throw blanket
  8. throw board
  9. throw boards
  10. throw by
  11. throw caution to the wind

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