Crossword clues for beanball
The Collaborative International Dictionary
beanball \bean"ball`\ n. a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head.
Syn: beaner.
Wiktionary
n. (context baseball English) A pitch aimed at the batter's head
WordNet
n. a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head [syn: beaner]
Wikipedia
"Beanball" is a colloquialism used in baseball, for a ball thrown at an opposing player with the intention of striking him such as to cause harm, often connoting a throw at the player's head (or "bean" in old-fashioned slang).
A pitcher who throws beanballs often is known as a "headhunter". The term may be applied to any sport in which a player on one team regularly attempts to throw a ball toward the general vicinity of a player of the opposite team, but is typically expected not to hit that player with the ball.
In cricket, the equivalent term is " beamer".
Usage examples of "beanball".
When Melody put her arms around Slammer to start him down the hall, Beanball remained in orbit about them.
She cleaned up the films of ash that formed in the nest, the magnet's waste product, and labored to locate usable metals for Beanball to ingest and grow on.
Melody loved Beanball in her fashion, and knew that love was returned.
And so when the crisis of choice came, Beanball had to protect her—even against his father.
He could easily have gotten around Beanball, or thrown him out of the way with one magnetic twitch.
Its field was so powerful that Slammer and Beanball could not approach it.
She and Llume and Slammer and Beanball went to the transfer unit in the hold.
Little Beanball was just the right size to hit the switch without touching anything else.
And of Yael and Llume and Slammer the magnet and Beanball—yes, even the infant magnet had fought for her!
In due course Sphere Magnet joined Segment Etamin, and contributed its first representative to Segment government: an entity by the name of Beanball.
Rick realized the professor had chosen an apt simile when he said beanball.
And so when the crisis of choice came, Beanball had to protect her-even against his father.
And of Yael and Llume and Slammer the magnet and Beanball-yes, even the infant magnet had fought for her!
If you stay in the back fifteen feet, you may be able to stay alive, if you duck the beanballs.