Knuckle-ball
noun, Baseball.
1.
a slow pitch that moves erratically toward home plate, usually delivered by holding the ball between the thumb and the knuckles of the first joints of the first two or three fingers.
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[nuhk-uh l-bohn] /ˈnʌk əlˌboʊn/ noun 1. (in humans) any of the forming a of a finger. 2. (in quadrupeds) a homologous with a wrist, ankle, or finger of humans, or its knobbed end. /ˈnʌkəlˌbəʊn/ noun 1. any bone forming part of a knuckle or knuckle joint knucklebone knuck·le·bone (nŭk’əl-bōn’) n. A knobbed bone, as of […]
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