curveballn.

Brit.

/ˈkəːvbɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈkərvˌbɔl/,

/ˈkərvˌbɑl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: curve n., ball n.¹

Etymology: < curve n. + ball n.¹

1. Baseball. A delivery in which the pitcher causes the ball to deviate from a straight path by imparting spin. Cf. curve n. 6.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > pitching > types of pitch

change of pace1650

slow ball1838

passed ball1860

ball1863

rib roaster1864

called ball1865

low ball1866

wild pitch1867

curveball1875

short pitch1877

grass cutter1879

fastball1883

downshoot1886

lob ball1888

pitchout1903

bean ballc1905

spitball1905

screwball1908

spitter1908

sinker ball1910

fallaway1912

meatball1912

fireball1913

roundhouse1913

forkball1923

sinker1926

knuckle ball1927

knuckler1928

gofer1932

slider1936

sailer1937

junk1941

change up1942

eephus1943

junkball1944

split-finger(ed) fastball1980

change1982

1875 Providence (Rhode Island) Evening Press 4 Oct. Both sides batted heavily and by the close score made an exciting game. Macullar played worthy of a professional, and the tricky Bancker sent in his curve balls with telling effect.

1876 Indianapolis Jrnl. 24 Aug. 8/5 The pitcher, McKelvey,..delivers a swift curve ball and fields well in his position.

1912 O. Stanage in How to play Baseball (1913) iii. 61 One pitcher I have in mind uses a broad sweeping wind-up when he delivers a fast ball or a floater, but shortens up his swing noticeably when he pitches a curve ball.

1959 European Stars & Stripes (Darmstadt, Germany) 21 Aug. 21/5 The..righthander had Orleans batters swinging futilely at a beautiful jughandle curveball.

1992 R. M. Davis Mid-lands 129 I only remember his playing catch with me once, when he demonstrated how to throw a curveball.

2010 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 20 Apr. b1/2 He has to find the next-best pitch, either a fastball, sinker, changeup or curveball, to throw to this batter in this situation.

2. figurative. Originally U.S. Something whose unexpectedness or unpredictable nature enables one to disorient or wrong-foot one's opponents; (more generally) something unexpected, surprising, or disorienting. Often in to throw (someone) a curveball. Cf. googly n. 1b.

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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [noun] > cause of surprise

marvelc1300

miracle1586

surprise1592

bricolea1631

surprisal1660

thunderbolt1787

startle1823

start1825

startler1829

eye-opener1833

a bolt from (or out of) the blue1837

shock1841

thunder-clap1852

startlement1867

staggerer1872

thunderstroke1880

Scarborough warning1890

surprise packet1900

bombshell1926

curveball1936

turn-up1942

a turn-up for the book(s)1948

conversation stopper1959

left turn1986

1936 N.Y. Times 16 May 4/2 The Senate committee was thought to be preparing to ‘throw a curve ball’; that is, to offer a bill which its leaders knew would be changed in material particulars.

1958 Daily Messenger (Canandaigua, N.Y.) 5 Nov. 4/2 Comrade Ehrenburg threw himself a real curve ball on that occasion—and one that he's still swinging at.

1993 Rolling Stone 8 July 17/1 Musically, the two big curveballs on the record are ‘Numb’..and ‘Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car’.

2002 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 20 Jan. (Mag.) 6/2 As has happened so often in O'Neal's life, she got hit with a curveball.

2014 T. McCulloch Stillman 18 Perhaps you can picture me, a thin, white-haired woman hurling a curveball into the middle of another of your mundane days.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	curveball
释义	curveballn. Brit. /ˈkəːvbɔːl/, U.S. /ˈkərvˌbɔl/, /ˈkərvˌbɑl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: curve n., ball n.¹ Etymology: < curve n. + ball n.¹ 1. Baseball. A delivery in which the pitcher causes the ball to deviate from a straight path by imparting spin. Cf. curve n. 6. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > pitching > types of pitch change of pace1650 slow ball1838 passed ball1860 ball1863 rib roaster1864 called ball1865 low ball1866 wild pitch1867 curveball1875 short pitch1877 grass cutter1879 fastball1883 downshoot1886 lob ball1888 pitchout1903 bean ballc1905 spitball1905 screwball1908 spitter1908 sinker ball1910 fallaway1912 meatball1912 fireball1913 roundhouse1913 forkball1923 sinker1926 knuckle ball1927 knuckler1928 gofer1932 slider1936 sailer1937 junk1941 change up1942 eephus1943 junkball1944 split-finger(ed) fastball1980 change1982 1875 Providence (Rhode Island) Evening Press 4 Oct. Both sides batted heavily and by the close score made an exciting game. Macullar played worthy of a professional, and the tricky Bancker sent in his curve balls with telling effect. 1876 Indianapolis Jrnl. 24 Aug. 8/5 The pitcher, McKelvey,..delivers a swift curve ball and fields well in his position. 1912 O. Stanage in How to play Baseball (1913) iii. 61 One pitcher I have in mind uses a broad sweeping wind-up when he delivers a fast ball or a floater, but shortens up his swing noticeably when he pitches a curve ball. 1959 European Stars & Stripes (Darmstadt, Germany) 21 Aug. 21/5 The..righthander had Orleans batters swinging futilely at a beautiful jughandle curveball. 1992 R. M. Davis Mid-lands 129 I only remember his playing catch with me once, when he demonstrated how to throw a curveball. 2010 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 20 Apr. b1/2 He has to find the next-best pitch, either a fastball, sinker, changeup or curveball, to throw to this batter in this situation. 2. figurative. Originally U.S. Something whose unexpectedness or unpredictable nature enables one to disorient or wrong-foot one's opponents; (more generally) something unexpected, surprising, or disorienting. Often in to throw (someone) a curveball. Cf. googly n. 1b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [noun] > cause of surprise marvelc1300 miracle1586 surprise1592 bricolea1631 surprisal1660 thunderbolt1787 startle1823 start1825 startler1829 eye-opener1833 a bolt from (or out of) the blue1837 shock1841 thunder-clap1852 startlement1867 staggerer1872 thunderstroke1880 Scarborough warning1890 surprise packet1900 bombshell1926 curveball1936 turn-up1942 a turn-up for the book(s)1948 conversation stopper1959 left turn1986 1936 N.Y. Times 16 May 4/2 The Senate committee was thought to be preparing to ‘throw a curve ball’; that is, to offer a bill which its leaders knew would be changed in material particulars. 1958 Daily Messenger (Canandaigua, N.Y.) 5 Nov. 4/2 Comrade Ehrenburg threw himself a real curve ball on that occasion—and one that he's still swinging at. 1993 Rolling Stone 8 July 17/1 Musically, the two big curveballs on the record are ‘Numb’..and ‘Daddy's Gonna Pay for Your Crashed Car’. 2002 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 20 Jan. (Mag.) 6/2 As has happened so often in O'Neal's life, she got hit with a curveball. 2014 T. McCulloch Stillman 18 Perhaps you can picture me, a thin, white-haired woman hurling a curveball into the middle of another of your mundane days. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1875
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