ALL meanings of curve ball
curve ball
C c - noun curve ball a continuously bending line, without angles. 1
- noun curve ball the act or extent of curving. 1
- noun curve ball any curved outline, form, thing, or part. 1
- noun curve ball a curved section of a road, path, hallway, etc. 1
- noun curve ball Railroads. a curved section of track: in the U.S. the curve is often expressed as the central angle, measured in degrees, of a curved section of track subtended by a chord 100 feet (30 meters) long (degree of curve) 1
- noun curve ball Also called curve ball, curveball. Baseball. a pitch delivered with a spin that causes the ball to veer from a normal straight path, away from the side from which it was thrown. the course of such a pitched ball. 1
- noun curve ball a graphic representation of the variations effected in something by the influence of changing conditions; graph. 1
- noun curve ball Mathematics. a collection of points whose coordinates are continuous functions of a single independent variable. 1
- noun curve ball a misleading or deceptive trick; cheat; deception. 1
- noun curve ball Education. a grading system based on the scale of performance of a group, so that those performing better, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject, receive high grades: The new English professor marks on a curve. Compare absolute (def 10). 1
- noun curve ball a curved guide used in drafting. 1
- verb with object curve ball to bend in a curve; cause to take the course of a curve. 1
- verb with object curve ball to grade on a curve. 1
- verb with object curve ball Baseball. to pitch a curve to. 1
- verb without object curve ball to bend in a curve; take the course of a curve. 1
- adjective curve ball having the shape of a curve; curved. 1
- idioms curve ball ahead of / behind the curve, at the forefront of (or lagging behind) recent developments, trends, etc. 1
- idioms curve ball throw (someone) a curve, to take (someone) by surprise, especially in a negative way. to mislead or deceive. 1
- noun curve ball baseball: pitched ball that spins 1
- noun curve ball sth misleading 1