gyroball

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noun

A spinning pitch thrown most commonly by Japanese baseball players.

OriginEnglish ball ← Middle English bal ← Old English *beall →
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Meanings

noungyroball (plural gyroballs)

plural gyroballs

  1. hobbiesA spinning pitch thrown most commonly by Japanese baseball players.

Origin

  1. Englishgyro-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  3. Proto-Germanic*balluz
  4. Old English*beall
  5. Middle Englishbal
  6. Englishball
  7. Englishgyroball

From gyro- + ball.

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Translations

Finnish kierresyöttö
  • kierresyöttöspinning pitch
Polish gyroball
  • gyroballspinning pitch
Cite this entry
APA

gyroball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gyroball

MLA

“gyroball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gyroball. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gyroball,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gyroball.

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