Spitball has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Noun
Noun
1
a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere
2
an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it
3
A pitch of a baseball that has been partly covered with saliva, illegal at most levels.
Verb
1
To moisten the ball with saliva before pitching it.
Broader Terms (hypernyms)