According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.
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
Word of the Day
12 January 2025
HABIT
(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”
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