"throw smoke" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-throw smoke.ogg Forms: throws smoke [present, singular, third-person], throwing smoke [participle, present], threw smoke [past], thrown smoke [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|throw<,,threw,thrown> smoke}} throw smoke (third-person singular simple present throws smoke, present participle throwing smoke, simple past threw smoke, past participle thrown smoke)
  1. (baseball, slang, intransitive) To consistently pitch fastballs that are difficult to hit. Tags: intransitive, slang Categories (topical): Baseball

Inflected forms

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