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spitball

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Then take a wrapped straw, unwrap it, tear off a little piece of paper and make a spitball.

Where was the outrage when Gaylord Perry, whose best pitch was an illegal spitball, was still elected to the Hall of Fame?

But the very first "spitball" which spattered upon the blackboard proved a disastrous missile for its thrower.

Hooper was a spitball artist, and his moist slants kept the Giants guessing in the early part of the game.

He had never cared for the spitball, as he knew that sooner or later it destroyed a pitchers effectiveness.

There are also other modifications called "the fade away," "the spitball," and others.

I thought I could go through the motion of throwing a spitball without letting it go.

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On this page you'll find 283 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spitball, such as: brainstorm, compose, conceive, contrive, counterfeit, and fabricate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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