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Spitball meaning
A pitch of a baseball that has been partly covered with saliva, illegal at most levels. | A balled-up piece of paper, moistened with saliva (by chewing) and shot through a drinking straw.
Synonyms of Spitball
Example sentences (7)
An American League proposal to legalize the spitball fails.
Given that all of this happened before 1920, when the spitball was officially banned, said spit would often be — you guessed it — tobacco spit.
I wonder if it also had something to do with the Majors having outlawed the spitball after the 1920 season due in part to the death of Cleveland’s Ray Chapman who died after being struck in the head with a pitch.
I hope to raise some questions to add to the conversation—which has been less of a conversation and more of a series of spitball fights and one-sided beatdowns.
Finally, their grudge for each other erupted over a thrown Spitball.
Once during a rehearsal, a member of the band threw a spitball.
The incident is recounted by Gillespie, along with fellow Calloway band members Milt Hinton and Jonah Jones, in Jean Bach's 1997 film, The Spitball Story.