Meaning & use
fastball
A pitch in baseball thrown at high speed with little curve or spin.
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The pitcher struck him out with a fastball clocked at ninety-eight miles per hour.
She struggled to hit his fastball, which seemed to arrive in an instant.
A note on using this word
A fastball relies mainly on speed rather than movement, unlike a curveball or slider, which break as they approach the plate.
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