Get to know Spitball better with 7 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like projectile or missile.
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
Using Spitball
- The main meaning on this page is: 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.
- Useful related words include: projectile, missile, spitter, pitch.
- In the example corpus, spitball often appears in combinations such as: the spitball.
Context around Spitball
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Spitball
- In this selection, "spitball" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, thrown, fails, fights and story stand out and add context to how "spitball" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a thrown spitball and film the spitball story. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "spitball" sits close to words such as aaba, aafc and aaib, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with spitball
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An American League proposal to legalize the spitball fails. (9 words)
Finally, their grudge for each other erupted over a thrown Spitball. (11 words)
Once during a rehearsal, a member of the band threw a spitball. (12 words)
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. (42 words)
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. (30 words)
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. (26 words)
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.
Common combinations with spitball
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: