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knuckleball

knuck·le·ball [ núk'l bàwl ] (plural knuck·le·balls)


noun 
Definition:
 
unpredictable pitch in baseball: in baseball, a slow pitch with little spin and an unpredictable flight, produced by releasing the ball from the knuckles and the thumb or the tips of two or three fingers


knuck·le·ball·er noun
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