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How to pronounce “spitball”
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Pronunciation guide for spitball
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of spitball with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 2 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Seeing Ourselves through Dark Moods
So he would spitball.
- Definition summary
- (baseball) A pitch of a baseball that has been partly covered with saliva, illegal at most levels.
Example 1 of 2
How to pronounce spitball
Seeing Ourselves through Dark Moods
So he would spitball.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “spitball”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (baseball) A pitch of a baseball that has been partly covered with saliva, illegal at most levels.
- A balled-up piece of paper, moistened with saliva (by chewing) and shot through a drinking straw. [from 19th c.]
- [Verb]
- (baseball) To moisten the ball with saliva before pitching it.
- (figurative, originally US) To brainstorm ideas. [from 1940s]
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