spitball

About 0.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A pitch of a baseball that has been partly covered with saliva, illegal at most levels.
2. noun A balled-up piece of paper, moistened with saliva (by chewing) and shot through a drinking straw. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
3. verb To moisten the ball with saliva before pitching it.
4. verb To brainstorm ideas.

Similar words

pellets spitballer spitter scuffball wild pitch beanball ghostball bean ball forkball ball

Often followed by

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Word family

spitballed spitballing spitballs