- change-of-pace ball
- nouna baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball• Syn: ↑change-up, ↑change-of-pace, ↑off-speed pitch
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change-of-pace — n. (Baseball) a baseball pitch thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball; called also {change up}. Syn: change up, change of pace ball, off speed pitch. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
change-of-pace — noun a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball • Syn: ↑change up, ↑change of pace ball, ↑off speed pitch • Hypernyms: ↑pitch, ↑delivery … Useful english dictionary
change of pace — 1. : an interruption of continuity by a sudden and usually temporary shift to a sharply different manner of action (as for relief from monotony) he found the work tedious, so … for a change of pace, he joined the army John Kobler 2. : a slow… … Useful english dictionary
change of pace — 1. a temporary shift or variation in a normal routine or regular pattern of activity: Reading a mystery novel has been a real change of pace for me. 2. Also called change up /chaynj up /. Baseball. a ball that is thrown by a pitcher with the same … Universalium
change-up — change of pace change of pace n. (Baseball) a baseball pitch thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball; called also {change up}. Syn: change up, change of pace ball, off speed pitch. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
change-up — n. (Baseball) same as {change of pace}. Syn: change of pace, change of pace ball, off speed pitch. [WordNet 1.5] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
change-up — noun a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball • Syn: ↑change of pace, ↑change of pace ball, ↑off speed pitch • Hypernyms: ↑pitch, ↑delivery * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun … Useful english dictionary
pace — pace1 [pās] n. [ME pas < OFr < L passus, a step, lit., a stretching out of the leg < pp. of pandere, to stretch out < IE base * pet , to stretch out > FATHOM] 1. a step in walking, running, etc.; stride 2. a unit of linear measure … English World dictionary
pace — pace1 [peɪs] noun 1》 a single step taken when walking or running. ↘a gait of a horse, especially one of the recognized trained gaits. 2》 speed or rate of motion, development, or change. ↘Cricket the state of a wicket as affecting the… … English new terms dictionary
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