Hurler (Noun)
Meaning
(baseball) the person who does the pitching; "our pitcher has a sore arm".
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The young hurler showed promise on the mound with a 95-mile-per-hour fastball.
- As a senior, she became the star hurler for the high school team.
- A serious elbow injury sidelined the veteran hurler for most of the season.
- Their best hurler pitched a no-hitter against the division rival.
- Despite the off-speed pitches, the opposing team's slugger got a hit off our team's lead hurler.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Reliever
- Screwballer
- Lefty
- Left Hander
- Fireman
- Lefthander
- Right-handed Pitcher
- Left-handed Pitcher
- Starting Pitcher
- Southpaw