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"(figurative) An event that is hard to predict."
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"(baseball) A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation, which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to micro-turbulence in the air."
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"word": "butterfly ball"
},
{
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{
"sense": "baseball pitch",
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"sense": "A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation",
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"word": "llançament de nus"
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"sense": "A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation",
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"word": "balle-papillon"
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"word": "knuckleball"
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"To pitch knuckleballs."
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"(intransitive, baseball) To pitch knuckleballs."
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