throw BBs

verb

To pitch exceedingly well, especially with high velocity pitches.

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Meanings

verbthrow BBs (third-person singular simple present throws BBs, present participle throwing BBs, simple past and past participle threw BBs)

present singular third person throws BBs · participle present throwing BBs · participle past threw BBs · past threw BBs

  1. ball gamesTo pitch exceedingly well, especially with high velocity pitches.

    But when I get up at the plate, he's throwing BBs at me. He strikes me out twice.

    2003, Mickey McDermott, Howard Eisenberg, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cooperstown

Origin

* Blend of throw + BBs; an allusion to the pitches being thrown so hard that they look like, or are as hard to hit as, a BB pellet.

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APA

throw BBs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throw%20BBs

MLA

“throw BBs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throw%20BBs. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “throw BBs,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/throw%20BBs.

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