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The answer SPITBALL has 10 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of spitball in various dictionaries:
noun - a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere
noun - an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it
A piece of paper chewed and shaped into a lump for use as a projectile.
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| Misbehaving student's missile |
| Changing pitch |
| Classroom missile |
| It uses liquid from a pitcher |
| Illegal pitch |
| Wet missile |
| Illegal diamond pitch |
| Diamond offense |
| Possible Jeopardy Clues |
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| Though this pitch was banned in 1920, 17 pitchers were allowed to keep using it; the last was Burleigh Grimes in 1934 |
| Gaylord Perry was a master of this illegal pitch, using many different lubricants |
| Spitball description |
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A spitball is an illegal baseball pitch in which the ball has been altered by the application of saliva, petroleum jelly, or some other foreign substance. * This technique alters the wind resistance and weight on one side of the ball, causing it to move in an atypical manner. It may also cause the ball to "slip" out of the pitcher's fingers without the usual spin that accompanies a pitch. In this sense, a spitball can be thought of as a fastball with knuckleball action. * Alternative names for the spitball are spitter, mud ball, shine ball, supersinker, vaseline ball (because originally, Vaseline was used to give the ball a little more break), and emery ball, although technically, an emery ball is one where the ball has been abraded in much the same way that the original cut ball had been physically cut (an emery ball is also known as a scuff ball). |