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Spitball

nounid 125747·updated May 18, 2026
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an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance, such as spit or Vaseline, is applied to the ball by the pitcher before throwing

polysemous

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Variants

synonym
spitter
plural
Spitballs
possessive
Spitball's
pluralpossessive
Spitballs'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance, such as spit or Vaseline, is applied to the ball by the pitcher before throwing
§2
a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere

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