Fastball — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˈæstbɔːl/

🇬🇧British English

/fˈastbɔːl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˈastbɔːl/

2 syllables Say it as /fˈæstbɔːl/.

Examples

he swung late on the fastball
he showed batters nothing but smoke

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

heater hummer smoke bullet

Parts of Speech

noun	(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity “he swung late on the fastball”

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

balle rapide

(baseball) un lancer lancé avec une vitesse maximale

🇪🇸Spanish

bola rápida

(béisbol) un lanzamiento lanzado con velocidad máxima

🇮🇹Italian

palla veloce

(baseball) un lancio lanciato con la massima velocità

🇳🇱Dutch

snelbal

(honkbal) een worp die met maximale snelheid wordt gegooid

🇵🇹Portuguese

bola rápida

(beisebol) um arremesso lançado com velocidade máxima

🇷🇺Russian

фастбол

(бейсбол) подача, брошенная с максимальной скоростью

India

🇮🇳Hindi

फास्टबॉल

(बेसबॉल) अधिकतम वेग से फेंकी गई पिच

🇧🇩Bengali

ফাস্টবল

(বেসবল) সর্বোচ্চ বেগের সাথে নিক্ষিপ্ত একটি পিচ

🇮🇳Tamil

வேகப்பந்து

(பேஸ்பால்) அதிகபட்ச வேகத்துடன் வீசப்பட்ட ஒரு ஆடுகளம்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఫాస్ట్ బాల్

(బేస్ బాల్) గరిష్ట వేగంతో విసిరిన పిచ్

🇮🇳Marathi

फास्टबॉल

(बेसबॉल) जास्तीत जास्त वेगाने फेकलेली खेळपट्टी

🇮🇳Gujarati

ફાસ્ટબોલ

(બેઝબોલ) મહત્તમ વેગ સાથે ફેંકવામાં આવેલી પિચ

🇮🇳Kannada

ವೇಗದ ಚೆಂಡು

(ಬೇಸ್ ಬಾಲ್) ಗರಿಷ್ಠ ವೇಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಎಸೆಯಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ಪಿಚ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഫാസ്റ്റ്ബോൾ

(ബേസ്ബോൾ) പരമാവധി വേഗതയിൽ എറിയുന്ന ഒരു പിച്ച്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਫਾਸਟਬਾਲ

(ਬੇਸਬਾਲ) ਵੱਧ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਵੇਗ ਨਾਲ ਸੁੱਟੀ ਗਈ ਪਿੱਚ

🇵🇰Urdu

فاسٹ بال

(بیس بال) زیادہ سے زیادہ رفتار کے ساتھ پھینکی جانے والی پچ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

快球

（棒球）以最大速度投出的球

🇯🇵Japanese

速球

(野球) 最大速度で投げられる投球

🇰🇷Korean

패스트볼

(야구) 최고 속도로 던지는 공

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bóng nhanh

(bóng chày) cú ném với vận tốc tối đa

🇹🇭Thai

ฟาสต์บอล

(เบสบอล) การขว้างด้วยความเร็วสูงสุด

🇮🇩Indonesian

bola cepat

(Bisbol) lemparan yang dilempar dengan kecepatan maksimum

🇲🇾Malay

bola cepat

(besbol) padang yang dilontar dengan halaju maksimum

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

كرة سريعة

(البيسبول) رمية بأقصى سرعة

🇮🇷Persian

سریع توپ

(بیس بال) زمینی که با حداکثر سرعت پرتاب می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

hızlı top

(beyzbol) maksimum hızla atılan atış

🇮🇱Hebrew

כדור מהיר

(בייסבול) מגרש נזרק במהירות מרבית

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The primary meaning of 'fastball' is '(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity'.

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