spitball
Example Sentences
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Put down some of each on paper and spitball some numbers so you know what you’re working toward.
From Slate ● May 6, 2024
What they’ve done, figuratively, is throw a spitball at the teacher and put their heads down before he can turn around.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
The Baseball Hall of Famer and two-time Cy Young Award winner was a master of the spitball who wrote a book about using pitch.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
When Roger Angell was in his 80s, I was proud to be his human shield in a spitball assault in which Roger pummeled a pompous pundit with paper wads in a Yankee Stadium press box.
From Washington Post ● May 22, 2022
DuShawn Carter sends a spitball flying, but it misses Addie because she’s turned and walked out, and hits the “a” in Ms. Wyman’s name on the door instead.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
