KNUCKLEBALLERS Antonyms

• A pitch thrown with the arm motion of a fastball, but which travels at a much slower velocity because it is released without the fingers adding power to the delivery.

• (by extension) An unexpected event.

• A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve"

• (by extension) An unexpected turn of events initiated by an opponent or chance.

• someone who cuts or carves stone

• someone who carves the meat

• someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments)

• a boat for communication between ship and shore

• a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop

• a cutting implement; a tool for cutting

• (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

• (baseball) the person who does the pitching

• an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring

• the quantity contained in a pitcher

• (botany) a leaf that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer

• the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit

• a whimsically eccentric person

• a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown

• foolish; totally unsound

• a small ring-shaped friedcake

• a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water)

• a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate

• a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction

• someone who races the luge

• freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets

• a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown

• a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone

• a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics

• a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences