SPITBALL

spitball, spitter

(noun) an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it

spitball

(noun) a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

spitball (plural spitballs)

(baseball) A pitch of a baseball that has been partly covered with saliva, illegal at most levels.

A balled-up piece of paper, moistened with saliva (by chewing) and shot through a drinking straw.

Verb

spitball (third-person singular simple present spitballs, present participle spitballing, simple past and past participle spitballed)

(baseball) To moisten the ball with saliva before pitching it.

To brainstorm ideas.

Anagrams

• ball pits

Source: Wiktionary


Spit"ball`, n.

Definition: Paper chewed, and rolled into a ball, to be thrown as a missile.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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