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Definition spitball in American English

spitball noun

[countable] noun
/ˈspɪtˌbɔl/
1

a very small ball of paper that a child puts in their mouth to make it soft and wet and then throws at another child

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2

an illegal baseball throw done with a wet ball so that it curves a lot

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Definition spitball in American English