outswingingadj.
/ˈaʊtˌswɪŋɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌswɪŋɪŋ/ 1. Cricket. Of a ball: that swings in its flight away from the batter on or towards the off side.
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1929 Times 29 Aug. 6/1 Whysall, playing forward to a fast outswinging ball from Matthews, dragged his foot and was very well stumped.
1955 A. Ross Australia 55 211 He drove the out-swinging ball.
1998 Africa News (Nexis) 26 Nov. Mark Boucher held on to a chance behind the stumps, created from an outswinging Pollock delivery.
2. Association Football. Of a ball: that curls away from the goal or goal line.
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1962 Times 8 Jan. 4/2 He never really reached an outswinging corner by Auld and Harris nodded home Hellawell's return lob.
1989 Independent (Nexis) 9 Feb. 36 When an outswinging cross came to Lineker a clever header guided the ball back to Robson.
1996 Times (Nexis) 30 Apr. Beardsley took an outswinging corner on the left, drifting it deliberately deep towards the edge of the penalty area.
2002 Evening News (Edinb.) (Electronic ed.) 27 July Hill misjudging his outswinging cross and Gary Wales, taken somewhat by surprise, bundled the ball inches past the right-hand post.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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