spitter

/'spitə/

Thân thiện

A baseball pitcher is called a spitter for using an illegal pitch.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person who spits: Someone who ejects saliva or phlegm from their mouth.
   • An illegal pitch in baseball: A pitch where the pitcher applies a foreign substance (like spit or Vaseline) to the ball before throwing it.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Person):
  • The angry fan was a notorious spitter, often ejected from games.
  • It's impolite to be a spitter in public places.
• Noun (Baseball Pitch):
  • The umpire called a balk, ruling the pitch a spitter.
  • Throwing a spitter is against the official rules of baseball.

Advanced Usage

• Historical Context in Baseball: The "spitter" was once a more common, though illegal, pitch used to make the ball's trajectory unpredictable. Discussions of baseball history often mention it.
  • The pitcher's reputation was built on his infamous spitter, which he threw for years before being caught.

Variants and Related Words

• Spit (verb): To eject saliva or phlegm from the mouth.
  • Please do not spit on the sidewalk.
• Spitball (noun): Another term for the illegal spit-altered baseball pitch; also a small piece of paper chewed and thrown.
  • He was accused of throwing a spitball.

Synonyms

• Expectorator (noun, formal): A person who spits.
  • The sign warned expectorators of a fine.
• Illegal pitch (noun phrase): The general term for a pitch that violates rules, including the spitter.
  • The spitter is one type of illegal pitch.

Related Idioms or Phrases

(No common idioms are centrally built around the word "spitter" itself.)

Học thuật

Noun

1. an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it
2. a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth)

Từ đồng nghĩa

• spitball
• expectorator