fastball

noun

fast·​ball ˈfas(t)-ˌbȯl 

: a baseball pitch thrown at full speed and often appearing to rise slightly as it nears the plate

fastballer

ˈfas(t)-ˌbȯ-lər 

noun

Examples of fastball in a Sentence

He struck him out with a fastball.

Recent Examples on the Web

Meanwhile, Cleveland was mostly splitting its DH at-bats between Manzardo and David Fry … whose September pop came on an accidental Tarik Skubal fastball to his nose. —Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025

That playoff journey begins Tuesday afternoon against Tarik Skubal and the Detroit Tigers, one week after Fry absorbed a 99-mph fastball from Skubal that landed him in the hospital with facial and nasal fractures. —Zack Meisel, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025

The zip on his fastball returned — touching 98 mph at times — and the strikeouts followed. —Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025

Alonso's home run on a 101-mph Eury Perez fastball on Saturday is a major reason the Mets even have one more game to play. —Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing fastball

• cut fastball
• split-fingered fastball

Rhymes for fastball

• aldol
• armhole
• atoll
• awol
• backhaul
• banal
• baseball
• befall
• cabal
• catchall
• cecal
• centrale

Kids Definition

fastball

noun

fast·​ball ˈfas(t)-ˌbȯl 

: a baseball pitch thrown at full speed