curveball
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curveball
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From curve + ball.
noun curveballs
- A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve" He bit on a curveball in the dirt.
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An unexpected turn of events initiated by an opponent or chance; an exception or outlier.
Life has thrown him a few curveballs.
Similar: twist
verb curveballs · curveballing · curveballed
- To throw a curveball. Even though the haughty physics professors at the elite school ridiculed his declaration that he could make a baseball curve, Cummings just laughed it off and said, “I curveballed them to death,” according to Frederick Ivor-Campbell.
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noun pitch in baseball
| Español | bola curva, ajuaishte |
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| 한국어 | 커브볼 keobeubol |
| 日本語 | カーブボール kābubōru |
| Português | bola curva |
| Français | balle courbe |
| Deutsch | Curveball |
noun unexpected turn of events
| Español | algo inesperado, algo no anticipado |
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Talk about this word "curveball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/curveball. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. curveball. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/curveball "curveball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/curveball.
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@misc{curveball_2026,
title = {curveball},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/curveball},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
