Fastball

Quick meaning: Fastball is a noun meaning A high-speed pitch of a baseball.

Meaning

A high-speed pitch of a baseball.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To throw (something) at a high speed.
2. (specifically) A four-seam fastball, which is a backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers

Example Sentences

The pitcher had a blazing fastball.

Kevin pushed away from the desk and fastballed it into the other man’s chest.

Cam Smith bounced to shortstop on a 100 mph fastball, and Jacob Melton also grounded out on an 86.9 mph curveball.

Wyatt spurred his horse to the middle of the stones, reached into the corpse’s chest, yanked out the heart, and fastballed it at a vine-covered tree stump.

Word Forms

• fastballs
• fastballing
• fastballed

Synonyms for fastball

Depending on context, synonyms include cheese, fireball, gas, heat, bullet, heater.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bullet, heater, smoke, seam, fastballer, speedball.

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