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Synonyms for knuckle ball

Most common

bug dancer floater flutterball

All synonyms

Noun

1. Bug — A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation, which travels over an…

bug, dancer, floater, flutterball, ghostball

Other

knuckler slang

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation, which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to microturbulence in the air.

    Even the pitcher doesn't know where his knuckleball is going.

Related words

Other spellings
knuckleball

Example sentences

  • bug Sami gave Layla a drink that had a dead bug in it.
  • dancer I don't think Tom knows how good a dancer Mary is.

By length

3 letters
bug1
6 letters
dancer2
7 letters
floater2
8 letters
knuckler
9 letters
ghostball
11 letters
flutterball

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dancer2 = 2 syllables).