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softball

Definition

  • noun: a sport that is similar to baseball but that is played on a smaller field and with a ball that is pitched underhand and that is larger and softer than a baseball
  • noun: a sport similiar to baseball played on a small diamond with a ball that is larger than a baseball and that is pitched underhand
  • synonyms: mush ball, diamond ball, pumpkin ball

Examples

  • The reporter threw him a 'softball'. [=asked him an easy question]

  • All the questions in the interview were 'softballs'.

  • Do you want to play 'softball'?

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) less some high-maintenance babe. What about Cindy What's-her-name? You guys were real hot and heavy in high school. She's a women's softball coach up in Nashville. ...Mm-hmm. ...Oh... Well, that explains some lingering questions that I had (..)
    2002 Sweet Home Alabama