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Kickerball - Curve and Swerve Soccer Ball/Football Toy - Kick Like The Pros, Great Gift for Boys and Girls - Perfect for Outdoor & Indoor Match or Game, Bring The World Cup to Your Backyard. In baseball and softball, the curveball is a type of pitch thrown with a characteristic grip and hand movement that imparts forward spin to the ball, causing it to dive as it approaches the plate. Varieties of curveball include the 12–6 curveball and the knuckle curve. Its close relatives are the slider and the slurve. Curve Ball is a free sports game. Take your pong skillz to the third dimension and make the curve count. How many levels can you clear before running out of blue balls?

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curve ball

or curve·ball(kûrv′bôl′)n.

1. Baseball Any of several pitches that veer to the left when thrown with the right hand and to the right when thrown with the left hand.

2. Slang Something that is unexpected or designed to trick or deceive: That last question on the exam was a real curve ball.

Idiom: pitch/throw(someone) a curve ballSlang

2. To cause to be surprised, especially unpleasantly so.

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curveball

(ˈkɜːvˌbɔːl) n

1. (Baseball) baseball a ball pitched in a curving path so as to make it more difficult to hit

2. informal something deceptive: his wholesome image was a curveball thrown to deceive the public.

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curve ball

1. In baseball, a ball that curves in its trajectory toward home plate. He's a good batter, but he has a hard time hitting a curve ball.

2. An unexpected occurrence or thing that causes confusion or uncertainty. I thought I had confirmed my hypothesis, so these results are a real curve ball.

3. A deceptive action or thing. I don't know, I think her sudden displays of affection are just a curve ball to get me to trust her.

throw (one) a curveball

To introduce a problem piece of information that shocks, bewilders, or confounds one or makes it more difficult for one to succeed. An allusion to baseball, in which a curveball is a pitch that arcs toward the batter in order to be more difficult to hit. Primarily heard in US. The end of that trick always throws the audience a curveball. I love watching their faces as they desperately try to figure it out.It really threw Stu a curveball when Olivia announced she was leaving the company.

throw somebody a ˈcurveball

(American English) surprise somebody with a problem, situation, question, etc. that they do not expect and which is difficult to deal with: Just when you think you have it all under control, life throws you a curve ball.

In baseball, a curveball is a ball that is difficult to hit because it does not move in a straight line.

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