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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(baseball) An off-speed pitch with unusually low velocity, intended to catch the hitter off guard..
Sewell was determined to live or die by the eephus.
He figured that, if it were another eephus, he'd have time to react.
When, on his first pitch, Sewell served an eephus, Williams almost broke his back trying to get to it.
Use eephus when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Eephus means (baseball) An off-speed pitch with unusually low velocity, intended to catch the hitter off guard..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Sewell was determined to live or die by the eephus.
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