changeup
or change-up
a pitch that follows one or more fastballs, delivered with the same motion as for a fastball but with less speed, intentionally disrupting the batter’s timing: He knows how to use his changeup to keep hitters off balance.
Origin of changeup
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How to use changeup in a sentence
Every batter, it's a fastball for a strike or pop-up, then a change-up for a ground out.
Cooper thinks Perry needs to change up the environment for his debate prep.
Rick Perry's Debate Performance Anxiety: Why He Chokes | McKay Coppins | November 12, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST“The Change-Up just seemed tired, like we had seen it before,” says the publicist.
The Change-Up, an R-rated variation of Freaky Friday, has only made $18 million during its first week of release.
I will get colored contacts so I can change up my look from time to time.
I told her she could find a change up-stairs in my room; and sent one of my girls to wait upon her.
The Missing Link in Modern Spiritualism | A. Leah UnderhillThere was no marked change up to 1861, when the War of Secession began.
From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life | Captain A. T. MahanThe next week was not as trying to Jerry as the week before, now that he was able to make change up attic.
Jerry's Charge Account | Hazel Hutchins WilsonThen, too, they wrap your change up in paper—and some of their dress materials have quite a style of their own.
Rene Mauperin | Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt
British Dictionary definitions for change up
(intr, adverb) to select a higher gear when driving
baseball an unexpectedly slow ball thrown in order to surprise the batter
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