brushback in British English
(ˈbrʌʃˌbæk)
noun
baseball
a pitch that narrowly misses the batter
brushback in American English
(ˈbrʌʃˌbæk)
noun
Baseball
a fastball thrown high and inside to force the batter away from the plate, often to intimidate
Word origin
[1950–55; n. use of v. phrase brush back]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Common Market, bleep, drip-dry, point-of-sale, speech recognitionImage ofbrushback
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