OUTCURVE Definition & Meaning

outcurve

[ out-kurv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Baseball.
1. a ball pitched so that it curves away from the batter.
2. the course of such a ball.
an outward curve.

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Origin of outcurve¹

First recorded in 1880–85; after the verb phrase curve out

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I don’t know that your outcurve is any better than Benson’s, but you certainly have it under better control.”

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The next was a wide outcurve away from the plate, but Ellis did not “bite,” and it went as a ball.

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He didn’t have either an incurve or an outcurve that was worth mentioning.

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I grip it in the same way as an outcurve.

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The next man up struck out and the excitement quieted down somewhat, only to be renewed with redoubled fervor a moment later, when Halley caught a low outcurve just below the waist and laced it into center for a clean double.

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