Definitions of spitball
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a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere
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type of:
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missile, projectile
a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
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missile, projectile
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an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it
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