outcurve
[ out-kurv ]
noun
Baseball.
a ball pitched so that it curves away from the batter.
the course of such a ball.
an outward curve.
Origin of outcurve
1First recorded in 1880–85; after the verb phrase curve out
Words Nearby outcurve
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How to use outcurve in a sentence
He struck at the next and missed, and then Jim fanned him with a slow outcurve that he almost broke his back in reaching for.
Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team | Lester ChadwickThe next was a wide outcurve away from the plate, but Ellis did not “bite,” and it went as a ball.
Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball | J. W. DuffieldThe third ball pitched was a wide outcurve at which Larry refused to bite.
Baseball Joe Around the World | Lester ChadwickThen the first ball pitched came in an outcurve which he swung at in vain.
The Rover Boys at Big Horn Ranch | Edward StratemeyerTo make him hit into a double play, Jim made the next an outcurve.
Baseball Joe, Captain of the Team | Lester Chadwick
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