Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. baseball A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to micro-turbulence in the air.
- n. An event that is hard to predict.
- v. intransitive, baseball To pitch knuckleballs.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin
Examples
“League Championship Series, Wakefield's knuckleball is still dancing.”
“The knuckleball is one of the toughest balls to hit," said”
“Wakefield throws a knuckleball, which is indeed extremely unpredictable. — cephyn”
Why Don’t Sports Teams Use Randomization? A Guest Post - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
“His repertoire includes a knuckleball, which is always intriguing.”
“In baseball, this pitch is known as a knuckleball, and neither pitcher nor batter has much idea of its exact flight path.”
“With the terminology not yet standardized, this fingernail fling was quite likely what we now call a knuckleball.”
“Also in 1908, Ed Summers became known for a pitch called a “dry spitter,” but a photo shows a pitch gripped with the first knuckles on the index and middle finger; that is, a knuckleball in the most literal sense.”
“The origins of the knuckleball are a bit murky, as four different pitchers have been said to have invented a non-spinning pitch thrown off the knuckles or the fingertips at roughly the same time.”
“One was the pitch we now call the knuckleball; the other was a pitch thrown much harder and with a different break, but also called a knuckleball see entries on Eddie Rommel, Ben Cantwell, Jesse Haines and Freddie Fitzsimmons.”
“In writing about the knuckleball, I noted that, in the 1920s, there were two quite distinct pitches being thrown, both called the knuckleball.”
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knuckle phrases/words
how knuckle is used
knuckle ball, knuckle-bow, knuckle-end, knuckle-guard, knuckle-head, knuckle-rap, go the knuckle, to, knuckle-hinge, knuckle-kneed, knuckle-length, knuckle-rapper, knuckle-rapping and 25 more...
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Thrown - about tossed - Words
bal-; bol-; -bol; -ble and incau(gh)tious others
ballistic, ballad, symbol, bolide, ballet, problem, ball, parabola, parable, amphibole, boule, diabolical and 184 more...
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skipvia See also knuckle ball. Feb 11, 2008