Inshoot

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of shooting or moving rapidly inward, as a baseball that is pitched with a curve.

    "The pitcher started the ball wide, but, with a sudden break it took an inshoot across the plate."

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"The pitcher started the ball wide, but, with a sudden break it took an inshoot across the plate."

Etymology

From in + shoot.

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