fastball

noun

1. A high-speed pitch of a baseball.

   “Cam Smith bounced to shortstop on a 100 mph fastball, and Jacob Melton also grounded out on an 86.9 mph curveball.”

2. (specifically)A four-seam fastball, which is a backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers

   “The pitcher had a blazing fastball.”

verb

1. (transitive)To throw (something) at a high speed.

   “Kevin pushed away from the desk and fastballed it into the other man’s chest.”

   “Wyatt spurred his horse to the middle of the stones, reached into the corpse’s chest, yanked out the heart, and fastballed it at a vine-covered tree stump.”

   “He targeted a man standing a bit taller than the others and fastballed the lock in his direction. The lock somehow managed to miss everyone below and clattered against the pavement.”