fastball has definitions from the field of baseball
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[ noun ] (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

Examples

"he swung late on the fastball" "he showed batters nothing but smoke"

Used in print

(Samuel Elkin, "The Ball Player," Nugget, 6: 5...)

The new Riverside pitcher turned_out to have an overhand fast_ball that took a hop .

In the last of the sixth inning Mike_Deegan got_up to bat and hit a fast_ball over the left_fielder 's head .

Related terms

pitch slider baseball

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