knuckleball

Meanings

Noun

  • A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation, which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to micro-turbulence in the air.
  • An event that is hard to predict.

Verb

  • To pitch knuckleballs.

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Origin

  • knuckle + ball.

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