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シュートボール

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Meanings

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noun

baseball

Baseball term for a pitch that breaks in the opposite direction of a curveball; a wasei-eigo term derived from English 'shoot ball'.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from shoot ball

彼かれの決きめ球だまはシュートボールだ。
His go-to pitch is the screwball.
シュートボールを投

な

げる

投とう

手しゅ

は

少すく

ない

。

Few pitchers throw a screwball.

Written forms

シュートボール
Standard katakana spelling for this baseball term.
シュート・ボール
- しゅーとぼーる
  Variant with interpunct; less common but seen in some contexts.
- シュート・ボール

Similar words

カーブ
A curveball breaks in the opposite direction of a screwball.
スクリューボール
Direct loanword for 'screwball'; シュートボール is the more common wasei-eigo term in Japanese baseball.

Etymology

Wasei-eigo from English 'shoot ball'. The exact origin is uncertain, but it likely arose in Japanese baseball terminology to describe a pitch that 'shoots' in a certain direction.