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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(baseball) A pitch in which the pitcher throws a slider as if they were throwing a curve ball..
Of the 90 pitches he threw, Igawa, who relies on a slurve, fastball and changeup, never unleashed one that traveled faster than 91 miles per hour.
Use slurve when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Slurve means (baseball) A pitch in which the pitcher throws a slider as if they were throwing a curve ball..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Of the 90 pitches he threw, Igawa, who relies on a slurve, fastball and changeup, never unleashed one that traveled faster than 91 miles per hour.
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