FASTBALL
fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet
(noun) (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; “he swung late on the fastball”; “he showed batters nothing but smoke”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fastball (plural fastballs)
(baseball) Any of the variations of high speed pitches thrown in baseball
(baseball) 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
Synonyms
• hummer (slang)
• cheese (slang)
• heat (slang)
• gas (slang)
• Linda Ronstadt (slang)
Anagrams
• fat balls
Source: Wiktionary
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