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Spitter

nounid 125749·updated May 18, 2026
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an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it

polysemous

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Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

synonym
expectoratorspitball
plural
Spitters
possessive
Spitter's
pluralpossessive
Spitters'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it
§2
a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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