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noun
A pitch deliberately thrown at the head of the batter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: beaner
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pitch, delivery
History
From bean + ball, from the slang bean (“head”).
Across languages
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