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spitball
[spit-bawl]
noun
a small ball or lump of chewed paper used as a missile.
Also called spitter.Baseball.a pitch, illegal since 1920, made to curve by moistening one side of the ball with saliva or other slippery substance, as perspiration or petroleum jelly
verb (used with or without object)
Informal.to throw out new ideas by engaging in spontaneous and unfiltered brainstorming: Now that the film is in production, it’s too late to spitball an alternate ending.
I’m just spitballing here, but I think we should ask the interns to test the product at home.
Now that the film is in production, it’s too late to spitball an alternate ending.
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Example Sentences
Look, not about this particular show, but I’m certainly worried about a cooling effect when, now more than ever, you need people in the back of the classroom throwing spitballs,” Kripke cautions.
By his own admission, it was a bold, brash and possibly stupid move for someone who barely knew the difference between a spitball and a spitwad.
Meanwhile, Schiff has been hitting big league pitching in Washington for years, including nasty spitballs hurled by Donald Trump, who loves to throw beanballs at opponents’ heads.
Official statistics are hard to come by, but Markstein spitballs the percentage of hourly workers in Mammoth Lakes who are living in cars and vans as “less than 50 but more than 20.”
At a certain point, HBO suggested to bring someone just to spitball the final draft of the series.
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