Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. An unexpected event.
- n. baseball A pitch thrown with the arm motion of a fastball, but which travels at a much slower velocity because it is released without the fingers adding power to the delivery.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Baseball) same as change-of-pace.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball
Etymologies
- Probably alteration of change-of-pace (Wiktionary)
Examples
“But Boston Scientific, which has been restructuring to cut costs, reduce employee ranks and change-up product offerings, said its board has authorized a new $1 billion buyback program.”
“Maddow is great, the change-up artist, like Greg Maddux.”
The Huffington Post: Michael Yaki: Life Without Olbermann: Feeling Left Out
“Bergeron admits he liked the old set the way it was, but thinks the change-up — coupled with the cast — will reinvigorate the show and is ultimately necessary during a very stacked fall.”
“Are you a Netflix users with an opinion about this change-up?”
The Huffington Post: Netflix Announces Price Hike, New Subscription Plans
“On the next pitch Freese, who would be named the series most valuable player, crushed his third home run of the series, smashing an 81-mile-an-hour change-up over the left field wall to give the Cardinals a 4-0 lead.”
The Wall Street Journal: Cardinals Roll Into the World Series
“Naverson retired the first two Cardinals he faced, but then followed in Marcum's footsteps, laying an 82-mile-an hour change-up over the middle of the plate to shortstop Rafael Furcal, who copied Freese and deposited it over the left-field fence.”
The Wall Street Journal: Cardinals Roll Into the World Series
“For those dissatisfied with the button change-up, it simply put window buttons back to the way they were.”
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“I like that change-up and I think it did a great job of letting DMs jump into the new system with both feet.”
“Hit the jump for why NBC will continue sucking the sour tit of failure from this change-up and how Conan will be better off elsewhere.”
Jay Leno Gets THE TONIGHT SHOW Back; I’m Still with Coco – Collider.com
“Are you glad to see the legendary director do a line change-up from Leonardo DiCaprio?”
Day-Lewis, Del Toro, And Garcia Bernal Vow ‘Silence’ For Scorsese » MTV Movies Blog
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