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CHANGE-OF-PACE BALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does change-of-pace ball mean? 

CHANGE-OF-PACE BALL (noun)
  The noun CHANGE-OF-PACE BALL has 1 sense:

1. a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastballplay

  Familiarity information: CHANGE-OF-PACE BALL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHANGE-OF-PACE BALL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

change-of-pace; change-of-pace ball; change-up; off-speed pitch

Hypernyms ("change-of-pace ball" is a kind of...):

delivery; pitch ((baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter)


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