slurve
English
Etymology
Blend of slider + curve
Noun
slurve (plural slurves)
- (baseball) A pitch in which the pitcher throws a slider as if he or she were throwing a curve ball.
- 2008 June 20, Rainer Sabin, “Igawa Searching for a Way Back to New York”, in New York Times:
- Of the 90 pitches he threw, Igawa, who relies on a slurve, fastball and changeup, never unleashed one that traveled faster than 91 miles per hour.
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