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Googly

🔄 Synonyms of "Googly"

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Word	Definition
bosienoun	(cricket, obsolete) Alternative form of bosey. [(cricket, obsolete) A googly.]
bosie ballnoun	a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Googly"

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Word	Definition
bosienoun	(cricket, obsolete) Alternative form of bosey. [(cricket, obsolete) A googly.]
bosie ballnoun	a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way
bowlernoun	(bowling) One who engages in the sport of bowling.
goonoun	(uncountable, informal) Any semi-solid or liquid substance; especially one that is sticky, gummy or slippery, unpleasant, and of vague or unknown composition, such as slime or semen.
leg breaknoun	(cricket) a normal ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, moving from leg to off (for a right-handed batsman)
legbreaknoun	Alternative form of leg break. [(cricket) a normal ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, moving from leg to off (for a right-handed batsman)]
off breaknoun	(cricket) A normal ball bowled by an off spin bowler, moving from off to leg (for a right-handed batsman).
leg spinnernoun	(cricket) A bowler who bowls leg spin.
off spinnoun	(cricket) A style of bowling in which a (right-handed) bowler spins the ball such that, after pitching, it moves from off to leg (for a right-handed batsman).
leg spinnoun	(cricket) A style of bowling in which a (right-handed) bowler spins the ball such that, after bouncing, it moves from leg to off (for a right-handed batsman).
leg glancenoun	(cricket) A shot played by a batsman with a vertical bat, deflecting the ball behind the square leg area of the field.
leg-breakernoun	(chiefly US, slang) A violent thug, especially one employed as an enforcer by a criminal organization (e.g., a mafia, a loan shark).
off cutternoun	(cricket) A ball bowled by a fast bowler who uses finger spin to move the ball from off to leg (for a right-handed batsman).
leggienoun	(cricket, slang) A leg spin bowler, i.e. leg spinner.
leg cutternoun	(cricket) a ball bowled by a fast bowler who uses finger spin to move the ball from leg to off (for a right-handed batsman)
glancenoun	(also figuratively) A brief or cursory look.
top-spinnernoun	(cricket) a type of ball, bowled by a leg spin bowler, that spins forward and, when bouncing off the pitch, bounces higher than expected and slows down
deliverynoun	The act of conveying something.
flippernoun	In marine mammals such as whales (or other aquatic animals such as sea turtles), a wide, flat limb adapted for swimming.
off spinnernoun	(cricket) A bowler who bowls off spin.