spitball

A noun with two distinct meanings: a small, chewed paper projectile, or an illegal baseball pitch where a foreign substance is applied to the ball.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv mit zwei Bedeutungen: ein kleiner Papierball, den man zum Spucken kaut und wirft, oder im Baseball ein unerlaubter Wurf, bei dem der Ball mit einer fremden Substanz manipuliert wird.

1. Paper projectile B1 informal

   A small, moistened ball of paper, often chewed and shaped, used as a playful projectile.

   • The bored student flicked a spitball across the classroom.
   • He aimed a spitball at the back of his friend's head.
   • The teacher found a pile of spitballs on the floor.

   🇩🇪Papierkügelchen

2. Illegal baseball pitch C1 formal sport

   A baseball pitch that has been illegally altered by applying a foreign substance, such as saliva or Vaseline, to affect its trajectory.

   • The pitcher was ejected from the game for throwing a spitball.
   • Using a spitball is a serious violation of baseball rules.
   • The umpire inspected the ball for signs of a spitball.

   🇩🇪Verbotener Wurf im Baseball

   Synonyme: spitter

• spitballs plural form
• spitballs' possessive plural form
• spitball's possessive singular form