Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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spitball | Yes | No | No | No |
projectile | Yes | Yes | No | No |
spitball (noun) | projectile (noun) |
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an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it | a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled |
a projectile made by chewing a piece of paper and shaping it into a sphere | any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine |
spitball (adjective) | projectile (adjective) |
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impelling or impelled forward |