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fireballer

noun

Etymology

From fireball + -er.

  1. derived from *bʰel-✻
  2. derived from *bʰélō✻
  3. inherited from *balluz✻
  4. derived from bǫllr
  5. inherited from *beall✻
  6. inherited from bal
  7. compounded as fireball — “fire + ball”
  8. suffixed as fireballer — “fireball + er”

Definitions

  1. A pitcher who throws very fast balls.

    • From the beginning, Clemens was a fireballer, Wells more of a junkballer.

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