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Etymology

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Blend of slider +‎ curve

Noun

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slurve (plural slurves)

 
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  1. (baseball) A pitch in which the pitcher throws a slider as if he or she were throwing a curve ball.
    • 2008 June 20, Rainer Sabin, “Igawa Searching for a Way Back to New York”, in New York Times[1]:
      Of the 90 pitches he threw, Igawa, who relies on a slurve, fastball and changeup, never unleashed one that traveled faster than 91 miles per hour.

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