knuckleballing

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A form of knuckleball — 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.

Scrabble 27

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of knuckleball
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APA

knuckleballing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/knuckleballing

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Chicago

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