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What is the noun for knuckleballed?

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knuckleball
  1. (baseball) A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation, which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to micro-turbulence in the air.
  2. (figuratively) An event that is hard to predict.
  3. Synonyms:
knucklecurve
  1. (baseball) A type of pitch with characteristics of both a curveball and a knuckleball.
knuckleballer
  1. (baseball) A baseball pitcher known for throwing knuckleballs.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Lindell was a pitcher turned outfielder turned knuckleballer who continually reinvented himself.”
      “The 37-year-old knuckleballer followed Johan Santana's no-hitter with a dazzling performance of his own.”
      “Sean Flaherty is now a senior in high school, and possibly the only full-fledged knuckleballer pitching for any secondary school, anywhere.”
knuckler
  1. (baseball slang) A knuckleball.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Matter of fact, a knuckler shouldn't be thrown hard, but then the ball don't travel as fast, either, you dig?”
      “The knuckler is thrown with an easy, almost lobbing motion, and, because of the minimal arm strain, knuckleball pitchers may have remarkable longevity.”
      “But he turned around and threw such a perfect knuckler you could count the seams on the ball.”
knuckleballers
  1. plural of knuckleballer
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Age 35 seems to regularly usher in the beginning of a career plateau of sorts for knuckleballers.”
      “Unlike most knuckleballers, he is controlling the pitch with pinpoint accuracy.”
      “They've had knuckleballers Dennis Springer and Steve Sparks pitch for them in recent years.”
knucklecurves
  1. plural of knucklecurve
knuckleballs
knucklers
  1. plural of knuckler
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