Knuckleball

Quick meaning: Knuckleball is a noun meaning (cricket) A type of delivery where a fast bowler holds the ball on the knuckles of the index and middle fingers.

Meaning

(cricket) A type of delivery where a fast bowler holds the ball on the knuckles of the index and middle fingers.

More Meanings

1. (figurative, informal) An event that is hard to predict.
2. (intransitive, baseball) To pitch knuckleballs.
3. (baseball) 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.

Example Sentences

Our vendor keeps throwing us knuckleballs.

Even the pitcher doesn't know where his knuckleball is going.

Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield is best known for his use of the knuckleball.

Varitek did not start so Kevin Cash could catch the knuckleballing starter Tim Wakefield.

Word Forms

• knuckleballs
• knuckleballing
• knuckleballed

Synonyms for knuckleball

Depending on context, synonyms include flutterball, floater, dancer, ghostball, bug, knuckler.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include knuckler, knucklecurve, flutterball, ghostball, knee-buckler, junkball.

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