knuckleball in Japanese
knuckleball in Japanese is ナックル — knuckleball means 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 microturbulence in the air.
knuckleball in Japanese
ナックル
Pronounced: nakkuru
(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.
What does "knuckleball" mean?
- noun 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 microturbulence in the air.
- noun A type of delivery where a fast bowler holds the ball on the knuckles of the index and middle fingers.
- noun An event that is hard to predict.
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What is "knuckleball" in Japanese?
"knuckleball" in Japanese is ナックル. knuckleball means: 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 microturbulence in the air.
How do you pronounce ナックル?
"knuckleball" in Japanese is ナックル, pronounced "nakkuru".
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