Definition of spitball in English:

spitball

nounˈspɪtbɔːlˈspɪtbɔl

North American

1A piece of paper that has been chewed and shaped into a ball for use as a missile.
（用嘴嚼成的用作抛射物的）纸团
Example sentencesExamples
- It was then that I realised that Kenderson was a sensitive young boy trapped in a bully's body, each spitball and noogie a cry for help.
- Avoiding spitballs, paper airplanes, some desks and a couple of students, John made his way to the teacher's desk, where a rather round man was reading the newspaper.
- They threatened him and threw paper spitballs at him.
- They kept throwing pieces of mashed potatoes at her at lunch and throwing spitballs in her hair when a lesson was being taught in the orphanage teaching facilities.
- At this, about a dozen spitballs and crumpled up paper wads made their way towards the girl, testament to the highly bored and volatile class.
- There were detailed murals on some of the walls, which I thought were extremely ugly, and the layer of spitballs on them didn't help their appearance.
- When they look around to see who's been pelting them with spitballs, you'll just be casually checking the time.
- Instead, they kept throwing spitballs at the whiteboard.
- Next thing you know, they'll be blowing spitballs at Donnie Graham.
- If you don't pay attention you'll be covered with spitballs in a second.
- The Supersuckers are like the bad kids who sit at the back of the class, throwing spitballs and making barnyard noises at the teacher.
- And if you want to ride your scooter out to Connecticut to barrage the place with spitballs, I can't stop you.
- Within three minutes of sitting down, the boy was playing with his food and Natalie was making spitballs.
- At an age when most kids were discovering spitballs and pizza, Michael was becoming the cornerstone of the burgeoning multimillion-dollar family fortune.
- The spectators throw paper airplanes and wads of spitballs at Louis as he walks by because they loathe what they fear.
- To confront your jealousy, make a secret list of all the things you envy… then wad it up into spitballs.
- Do you suppose they've ever lobbed a spitball down a row, or accidentally knocked over their coffee?
- She compares her Times letters to spitballs launched toward the front of the classroom.
- The straggly, scrawny kid who grabs a guitar in hopes of finally getting some kind of attention from the girls other than sneers and spitballs is no more.
2Baseball
An unlawful pitch made with a ball moistened with saliva or sweat to make it move erratically.
〔棒球〕唾沫球（指投手用唾沫或汗液弄湿球，投出后球在空中作不规则运动，属犯规动作）
Example sentencesExamples
- Gaylord Perry succored his Hall of Fame career by often calling upon an illegal spitball pitch.
- He caught every type of pitch imaginable, some that are not legal today such as shine balls, spitballs and emery balls, from some of the greatest pitchers of his day.
- No official explanation was given for banning the spitball, but for years a variety of objections had been made against it.
- After getting two strikes on Smith with his spitball, Grimes threw him a fastball, something Smith always handled well.
- Mitchell was a left-handed spitball pitcher who played for six teams - in 1911 and from 1916 to 1932.

verbˈspɪtbɔːlˈspɪtbɔl

[with object]North American informal

Throw out (a suggestion) for discussion.
〈美，非正式〉不假思索地提（建议）
I'm just spitballing a few ideas
我只是随便提几个想法罢了。
Example sentencesExamples
- I don't know if anything has been filed or might be - I'm just spitballing here.
- How many of those parents would choose that if there was an alternative that actually did teach, oh I'm just spitballing here, science and math?
- So for someone who spent three years co-writing two series of Spaced in her own blood, sweat and tears, isn't the idea that you can spitball a 100-minute movie on the spot just a little galling?
- You know, reminds them of those great days when they were first able to get on television and, you know, throw the spitballs around.
- Though the film is derivative, the best anime usually is, spitballing liberally from American pop culture - TV's Cowboy Bebop is able proof.
- Kerry needs to knock these spitballs down, of course.
- Unlike Michelle Malkin, I haven't called anyone to check out this hypothesis - this is only me spitballing.

Derivatives

spitballer

noun

North American

In the fifth inning of a tied 1920 game, New York Yankee spitballer Carl Mays faced Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman, who was crowding the plate.
Example sentencesExamples
- Maybe it's like how they licensed spitballers after banning it for new pitchers in the 1910s.
- Wet spitballers used saliva, pine tar, tobacco juice, resin, mud, Vaseline, grease and the sweat of their brow.
- His argument was that umpires weren't doing anything about illegal spitballers, so hitters felt justified in corking their bats.
- No new spitballers could come up, but those who had been using the pitch previous to the rule change were allowed to continue using it for the life of their career.

Definition of spitball in US English:

spitball

nounˈspitbôlˈspɪtbɔl

North American

1A piece of paper that has been chewed and shaped into a ball for use as a missile.
（用嘴嚼成的用作抛射物的）纸团
Example sentencesExamples
- Within three minutes of sitting down, the boy was playing with his food and Natalie was making spitballs.
- Do you suppose they've ever lobbed a spitball down a row, or accidentally knocked over their coffee?
- When they look around to see who's been pelting them with spitballs, you'll just be casually checking the time.
- There were detailed murals on some of the walls, which I thought were extremely ugly, and the layer of spitballs on them didn't help their appearance.
- Instead, they kept throwing spitballs at the whiteboard.
- They threatened him and threw paper spitballs at him.
- Avoiding spitballs, paper airplanes, some desks and a couple of students, John made his way to the teacher's desk, where a rather round man was reading the newspaper.
- At this, about a dozen spitballs and crumpled up paper wads made their way towards the girl, testament to the highly bored and volatile class.
- And if you want to ride your scooter out to Connecticut to barrage the place with spitballs, I can't stop you.
- Next thing you know, they'll be blowing spitballs at Donnie Graham.
- She compares her Times letters to spitballs launched toward the front of the classroom.
- The Supersuckers are like the bad kids who sit at the back of the class, throwing spitballs and making barnyard noises at the teacher.
- The spectators throw paper airplanes and wads of spitballs at Louis as he walks by because they loathe what they fear.
- At an age when most kids were discovering spitballs and pizza, Michael was becoming the cornerstone of the burgeoning multimillion-dollar family fortune.
- They kept throwing pieces of mashed potatoes at her at lunch and throwing spitballs in her hair when a lesson was being taught in the orphanage teaching facilities.
- The straggly, scrawny kid who grabs a guitar in hopes of finally getting some kind of attention from the girls other than sneers and spitballs is no more.
- If you don't pay attention you'll be covered with spitballs in a second.
- It was then that I realised that Kenderson was a sensitive young boy trapped in a bully's body, each spitball and noogie a cry for help.
- To confront your jealousy, make a secret list of all the things you envy… then wad it up into spitballs.
2Baseball
An illegal pitch made with a ball moistened with saliva or another substance to make it move erratically.
〔棒球〕唾沫球（指投手用唾沫或汗液弄湿球，投出后球在空中作不规则运动，属犯规动作）
Example sentencesExamples
- Gaylord Perry succored his Hall of Fame career by often calling upon an illegal spitball pitch.
- Mitchell was a left-handed spitball pitcher who played for six teams - in 1911 and from 1916 to 1932.
- He caught every type of pitch imaginable, some that are not legal today such as shine balls, spitballs and emery balls, from some of the greatest pitchers of his day.
- No official explanation was given for banning the spitball, but for years a variety of objections had been made against it.
- After getting two strikes on Smith with his spitball, Grimes threw him a fastball, something Smith always handled well.

verbˈspitbôlˈspɪtbɔl

[with object]North American informal

Throw out (a suggestion) for discussion.
〈美，非正式〉不假思索地提（建议）
I'm just spitballing a few ideas
我只是随便提几个想法罢了。
Example sentencesExamples
- I don't know if anything has been filed or might be - I'm just spitballing here.
- So for someone who spent three years co-writing two series of Spaced in her own blood, sweat and tears, isn't the idea that you can spitball a 100-minute movie on the spot just a little galling?
- Kerry needs to knock these spitballs down, of course.
- Unlike Michelle Malkin, I haven't called anyone to check out this hypothesis - this is only me spitballing.
- Though the film is derivative, the best anime usually is, spitballing liberally from American pop culture - TV's Cowboy Bebop is able proof.
- How many of those parents would choose that if there was an alternative that actually did teach, oh I'm just spitballing here, science and math?
- You know, reminds them of those great days when they were first able to get on television and, you know, throw the spitballs around.

词汇	spitball
释义	Definition of spitball in English: spitball nounˈspɪtbɔːlˈspɪtbɔl North American 1A piece of paper that has been chewed and shaped into a ball for use as a missile. （用嘴嚼成的用作抛射物的）纸团 Example sentencesExamples It was then that I realised that Kenderson was a sensitive young boy trapped in a bully's body, each spitball and noogie a cry for help. Avoiding spitballs, paper airplanes, some desks and a couple of students, John made his way to the teacher's desk, where a rather round man was reading the newspaper. They threatened him and threw paper spitballs at him. They kept throwing pieces of mashed potatoes at her at lunch and throwing spitballs in her hair when a lesson was being taught in the orphanage teaching facilities. At this, about a dozen spitballs and crumpled up paper wads made their way towards the girl, testament to the highly bored and volatile class. There were detailed murals on some of the walls, which I thought were extremely ugly, and the layer of spitballs on them didn't help their appearance. When they look around to see who's been pelting them with spitballs, you'll just be casually checking the time. Instead, they kept throwing spitballs at the whiteboard. Next thing you know, they'll be blowing spitballs at Donnie Graham. If you don't pay attention you'll be covered with spitballs in a second. The Supersuckers are like the bad kids who sit at the back of the class, throwing spitballs and making barnyard noises at the teacher. And if you want to ride your scooter out to Connecticut to barrage the place with spitballs, I can't stop you. Within three minutes of sitting down, the boy was playing with his food and Natalie was making spitballs. At an age when most kids were discovering spitballs and pizza, Michael was becoming the cornerstone of the burgeoning multimillion-dollar family fortune. The spectators throw paper airplanes and wads of spitballs at Louis as he walks by because they loathe what they fear. To confront your jealousy, make a secret list of all the things you envy… then wad it up into spitballs. Do you suppose they've ever lobbed a spitball down a row, or accidentally knocked over their coffee? She compares her Times letters to spitballs launched toward the front of the classroom. The straggly, scrawny kid who grabs a guitar in hopes of finally getting some kind of attention from the girls other than sneers and spitballs is no more. 2Baseball An unlawful pitch made with a ball moistened with saliva or sweat to make it move erratically. 〔棒球〕唾沫球（指投手用唾沫或汗液弄湿球，投出后球在空中作不规则运动，属犯规动作） Example sentencesExamples Gaylord Perry succored his Hall of Fame career by often calling upon an illegal spitball pitch. He caught every type of pitch imaginable, some that are not legal today such as shine balls, spitballs and emery balls, from some of the greatest pitchers of his day. No official explanation was given for banning the spitball, but for years a variety of objections had been made against it. After getting two strikes on Smith with his spitball, Grimes threw him a fastball, something Smith always handled well. Mitchell was a left-handed spitball pitcher who played for six teams - in 1911 and from 1916 to 1932. verbˈspɪtbɔːlˈspɪtbɔl [with object]North American informal Throw out (a suggestion) for discussion. 〈美，非正式〉不假思索地提（建议） I'm just spitballing a few ideas 我只是随便提几个想法罢了。 Example sentencesExamples I don't know if anything has been filed or might be - I'm just spitballing here. How many of those parents would choose that if there was an alternative that actually did teach, oh I'm just spitballing here, science and math? So for someone who spent three years co-writing two series of Spaced in her own blood, sweat and tears, isn't the idea that you can spitball a 100-minute movie on the spot just a little galling? You know, reminds them of those great days when they were first able to get on television and, you know, throw the spitballs around. Though the film is derivative, the best anime usually is, spitballing liberally from American pop culture - TV's Cowboy Bebop is able proof. Kerry needs to knock these spitballs down, of course. Unlike Michelle Malkin, I haven't called anyone to check out this hypothesis - this is only me spitballing. Derivatives spitballer noun North American In the fifth inning of a tied 1920 game, New York Yankee spitballer Carl Mays faced Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman, who was crowding the plate. Example sentencesExamples Maybe it's like how they licensed spitballers after banning it for new pitchers in the 1910s. Wet spitballers used saliva, pine tar, tobacco juice, resin, mud, Vaseline, grease and the sweat of their brow. His argument was that umpires weren't doing anything about illegal spitballers, so hitters felt justified in corking their bats. No new spitballers could come up, but those who had been using the pitch previous to the rule change were allowed to continue using it for the life of their career. Definition of spitball in US English: spitball nounˈspitbôlˈspɪtbɔl North American 1A piece of paper that has been chewed and shaped into a ball for use as a missile. （用嘴嚼成的用作抛射物的）纸团 Example sentencesExamples Within three minutes of sitting down, the boy was playing with his food and Natalie was making spitballs. Do you suppose they've ever lobbed a spitball down a row, or accidentally knocked over their coffee? When they look around to see who's been pelting them with spitballs, you'll just be casually checking the time. There were detailed murals on some of the walls, which I thought were extremely ugly, and the layer of spitballs on them didn't help their appearance. Instead, they kept throwing spitballs at the whiteboard. They threatened him and threw paper spitballs at him. Avoiding spitballs, paper airplanes, some desks and a couple of students, John made his way to the teacher's desk, where a rather round man was reading the newspaper. At this, about a dozen spitballs and crumpled up paper wads made their way towards the girl, testament to the highly bored and volatile class. And if you want to ride your scooter out to Connecticut to barrage the place with spitballs, I can't stop you. Next thing you know, they'll be blowing spitballs at Donnie Graham. She compares her Times letters to spitballs launched toward the front of the classroom. The Supersuckers are like the bad kids who sit at the back of the class, throwing spitballs and making barnyard noises at the teacher. The spectators throw paper airplanes and wads of spitballs at Louis as he walks by because they loathe what they fear. At an age when most kids were discovering spitballs and pizza, Michael was becoming the cornerstone of the burgeoning multimillion-dollar family fortune. They kept throwing pieces of mashed potatoes at her at lunch and throwing spitballs in her hair when a lesson was being taught in the orphanage teaching facilities. The straggly, scrawny kid who grabs a guitar in hopes of finally getting some kind of attention from the girls other than sneers and spitballs is no more. If you don't pay attention you'll be covered with spitballs in a second. It was then that I realised that Kenderson was a sensitive young boy trapped in a bully's body, each spitball and noogie a cry for help. To confront your jealousy, make a secret list of all the things you envy… then wad it up into spitballs. 2Baseball An illegal pitch made with a ball moistened with saliva or another substance to make it move erratically. 〔棒球〕唾沫球（指投手用唾沫或汗液弄湿球，投出后球在空中作不规则运动，属犯规动作） Example sentencesExamples Gaylord Perry succored his Hall of Fame career by often calling upon an illegal spitball pitch. Mitchell was a left-handed spitball pitcher who played for six teams - in 1911 and from 1916 to 1932. He caught every type of pitch imaginable, some that are not legal today such as shine balls, spitballs and emery balls, from some of the greatest pitchers of his day. No official explanation was given for banning the spitball, but for years a variety of objections had been made against it. After getting two strikes on Smith with his spitball, Grimes threw him a fastball, something Smith always handled well. verbˈspitbôlˈspɪtbɔl [with object]North American informal Throw out (a suggestion) for discussion. 〈美，非正式〉不假思索地提（建议） I'm just spitballing a few ideas 我只是随便提几个想法罢了。 Example sentencesExamples I don't know if anything has been filed or might be - I'm just spitballing here. So for someone who spent three years co-writing two series of Spaced in her own blood, sweat and tears, isn't the idea that you can spitball a 100-minute movie on the spot just a little galling? Kerry needs to knock these spitballs down, of course. Unlike Michelle Malkin, I haven't called anyone to check out this hypothesis - this is only me spitballing. Though the film is derivative, the best anime usually is, spitballing liberally from American pop culture - TV's Cowboy Bebop is able proof. How many of those parents would choose that if there was an alternative that actually did teach, oh I'm just spitballing here, science and math? You know, reminds them of those great days when they were first able to get on television and, you know, throw the spitballs around.
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