balle-papillon — meaning in English
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English meaning
- knuckleball 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.
Senses
balle-papillon is used for these senses in English:
- knuckleball (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.
knuckleball — full definition
- 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.