Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Baseball An inside, usually high fastball intended to force the batter to move away from the plate.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- brush + back (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Filmed on location, the movie's director, Sheen's son Estevez revealed that in attempting to lighten the load of his 71-year-old father's backpack, he got brushback from his dad, who wanted to carry the realistically heavier pack, maintaining it would help him play the part better.”
The Huffington Post: Lonna Saunders: Sheen and Estevez Hit Home Run with The Way
“The entire Senate GOP conference ought to deliver a similar brushback to the Fed's blatant election-year politicking.”
“Rep. Jose Serrano is firing a brushback pitch at the state of Arizona for passing a strict new immigration law”
“What we're seeing here, of course, are moves that come right out of the hack-lawyer playbook: a bullshit threat of discovery intended to scare the owners of the City Paper into acceding to demands, with a brushback pitch aimed at the Post -- a reminder that they're being creeped on -- as an added bonus.”
“With a no-fee measure now on the ballot and expected to pass, the usually amiable Leggett delivered a brushback pitch this week, proposing $12.9 million in cuts, much of it from Fire and Rescue Service, to fill the gap.”
The Washington Post: Ambulance fee proposal raises fears of 'à la carte government' in Montgomery
“Werth told Storen that he had gained respect for him by throwing the brushback pitch.”
“Dodgers owner Frank McCourt tries a brushback pitch on Bud Selig.”
“The picture is rather clear: Fenty had no intention of holding to the council's spending limits, which were imposed last summer in no small part as a brushback to mayoral authority.”
“One of the places they found money was the summer-jobs program -- not only was it an easy pot of cash to tap, it also served as a brushback to Mayor Adrian Fenty.”
The Washington Post: With summer jobs vote, Gray stands up for fiscal rectitude
“Axelrod and Rahm chimed in to push the line that Fox was “not a news organization,” and Gibbs defended his colleagues for their “chin music,” baseball lingo for throwing brushback pitches.”
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Baseball Terms
Slang and plain words used to describe the great game of baseball.
groundout, single, caught looking, run it out, day game, getaway day, doubleheader, whiff, Texas Leaguer, wheelhouse, swipe a bag, utility player and 89 more...
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Brushes
Brushes, Brush, brushes, brush, paintbrush, brush fire, brush with fate, filbert paintbrush, Kolinsky sable-ha..., indian paintbrush, brush up, brush aside and 27 more...
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Play Ball!
Baseball terminology
whiffed, texas leaguer, spitter, around the horn, brushback, circus catch, forkball, knuckler, passed ball, sacrifice fly, switch hitter, backstop and 100 more...
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Front and Back
backchat, backbone, backpack, backhoe, backfire, backhanded, breakfront, beachfront, drawback, effrontery, frontier, switchback and 196 more...
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The language of America's Pastime
Don't think baseball has its own language? Listen to a game on the radio with someone who knows nothing about it.
comebacker, forkball, drag bunt, slider, doubleheader, rainmaker, brushback, shoestring catch, screwball, seventh-inning st..., cutoff man, suicide squeeze and 9 more...
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