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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

knuck′le ball′, [Baseball.]

Sporta slow pitch that moves erratically toward home plate, usually delivered by holding the ball between the thumb and the knuckles of the first joints of the first two or three fingers.

Also, knuck′le•ball′. Also called knuck•ler

1905–10, American.

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