"split-finger fastball" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: split-finger fastballs [plural], split-finger [alternative], splitter [alternative], split-fingered fastball [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} split-finger fastball (plural split-finger fastballs)
  1. (baseball) A moderate rotation speed backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped between the index finger and middle finger; it has good velocity, may have a precessing spin, and sinks as it approaches the plate. Wikidata QID: Q44367 Related terms: curveball, cut fastball, fastball, knuckleball, screwball, sinker, slider, two-seam fastball Translations (baseball pitch): 快速指叉球 (Chinese Mandarin), 指叉快速球 (Chinese Mandarin), fingrofenda rapidpilko [singular] (Esperanto), fingrofendaj rapidpilkoj [plural] (Esperanto), balle fronde [feminine] (French), splitter [masculine] (French), 스플릿 핑거 (seupeullit pinggeo) (Korean), 스플릿핑거 패스트볼 (seupeullitpinggeo paeseuteubol) (Korean)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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