fastball n 1: (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke" [syn: {fastball}, {heater}, {smoke}, {hummer}, {bullet}]
fastball \fast"ball`\ n. (Baseball) a baseball thrown with maximum velocity. Syn: heater, smoke, hummer, bullet. [WordNet 1.5]
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "fastball": bowl, cast, change of pace, change-up, chuck, chunk, curve, downcurve, fling, flip, forward pass, heave, hurl, incurve, knuckleball, lateral, lateral pass, lob, outcurve, pass, peg, pitch, put, screwball, serve, service, shot-put, shy, sinker, slider, sling, spitball, spitter, throw, toss, upcurve