fastball

About 0.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A high-speed pitch of a baseball.
2. noun A four-seam fastball, which is a backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers

   The pitcher had a blazing fastball.

3. verb To throw (something) at a high speed.

Similar words

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Word family

fastballer fastballers fastballs