knuckler en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From knuckle + -er.
Meanings
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(slang) A knuckleball.
Fowler flung a stiff-wrist knuckler that hung in the air without spin before it took a sudden dip, but Roy scooped it up with the stick and lifted it twenty rows up into the center field stands.
1952, Bernard Malamud, chapter 2, in The Natural:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| knucklers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
slider · screwball · split-finger fastball · fastball · sinker · two-seam fastball · curveball · cut fastball