spitball

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A pitch of a baseball that has been partly covered with saliva, illegal at most levels.
  2. A balled-up piece of paper, moistened with saliva (by chewing) and shot through a drinking straw.
动词 v.
  1. To moisten the ball with saliva before pitching it.
  2. To brainstorm ideas. figuratively
    — Maybe, and I'm just spitballing here, maybe, we have a responsibility as officers to train Santiago.

词形变化

spitballs plural spitballs present,singular,third-person spitballing participle,present spitballed participle,past spitballed past

词汇关系

衍生词
spitballer

词源

词源 1
From spit + ball.
词源 2
From spit + ball.
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