fastball

Plural: fastballs

Noun

• A pitch thrown with maximum velocity in baseball.
• (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
  • "he swung late on the fastball"
• A high-speed pitch of a baseball.
• A four-seam fastball, which is a backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers

Verb

• To throw (something) at a high speed.

Examples

• His opponent threw a FASTBALL of a word, scoring big and catching him off guard.
• The pitcher had a blazing fastball.

Synonyms

bullet, heater, hummer, smoke, cheese, fireball, gas, heat

Related Words

Bugs Bunny change-up, change-up, curveball, cut fastball, gyroball, knuckleball, screwball, sinker, slider, spitball, split-finger fastball, two-seam fastball