CHANGE-OF-PACE BALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does change-of-pace ball mean? 

• CHANGE-OF-PACE BALL (noun)
  The noun CHANGE-OF-PACE BALL has 1 sense:

1. a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball

  Familiarity information: CHANGE-OF-PACE BALL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHANGE-OF-PACE BALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

change-of-pace; change-of-pace ball; change-up; off-speed pitch

Hypernyms ("change-of-pace ball" is a kind of...):

delivery; pitch ((baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter)