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Blistering pitch
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fastball
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But Leskanic brought a first-pitch, hit-me fastball down the pipe. ▪ He added a cut fastball and a change-up to go with the fastball, slider and forkball that carried him earlier. ▪ Left fielder Mark Whiten reached out and poked ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context baseball English) Any of the variations of high speed pitches thrown in baseball 2 (context baseball English) 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 ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke" [syn: heater , smoke , hummer , bullet ]
Usage examples of fastball.
He had compared flying the Tomcat to throwing the perfect fastball and the name had stuck.
As he leveled, he glanced left, noticing that Fastball was well ahead of where he should be and speeding toward the Fulcrums.
Rat seriously contemplated whether or not the best course of action would be to shoot Fastball in the back of the head and then punch out.
While they were waiting their turn for launch, Fastball started his bitching.
According to Fastball, there was no one else in the Navy who knew how to maintain proper station as a wingman except him.
At the same instant, Fastball broke hard to the left again, kicking in the afterburners and pitching the Tomcat into an almost vertical climb.
She had only been out for about five seconds, but it was the longest five seconds Fastball could remember in a long time.
And from looking at the flight schedule, Fastball had seen that Rabies Grill was in the cockpit of the tanker.
The last two miles behind the carrier were a critical time during which Fastball lined up with the carrier, shot his approach, and eased 60,000 pounds of Tomcat down gently onto the deck in a controlled crash.
Just at the right instant, Fastball yanked down hard on the ejection handle.
It was possible to recover from such a casualty, but it took experience, more experience than he thought Fastball possessed.
Even though they were flown by considerably less capable pilots than those whom he had fought back in the States, Fastball was glad the Tomcats were staying clear of the fray.
Thor, the Forger had lost the big picture, and Fastball was on it before it knew what happened.
The fact that Fastball irritated her said more about her attitude than about his.
Forger, not to be outdone, seemed to leap through the air as it followed Fastball up.