Knuckler
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.
modifier
: a knuckleball artist
noun
A pitch thrown from the knuckles that moves slowly and erratically; butterfly ball: Leonard’s tantalizing knucklers (1906+ Baseball)
Related Terms
knuckleball, white knuckler
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