spitball in English

noun
1
a piece of paper that has been chewed and shaped into a ball for use as a missile.
Avoiding spitballs , paper airplanes, some desks and a couple of students, John made his way to the teacher's desk, where a rather round man was reading the newspaper.
2
an illegal pitch made with a ball moistened with saliva or another substance to make it move erratically.
Gaylord Perry succored his Hall of Fame career by often calling upon an illegal spitball pitch.
verb
1
throw out (a suggestion) for discussion.
I'm just spitballing a few ideas

Use "spitball" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "spitball" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "spitball", or refer to the context using the word "spitball" in the English Dictionary.

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2. If you swear to your teacher that you didn't throw the spitball, and your friends Corroborate your story by promising that you were concentrating on math homework, she might actually believe you.