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