0 a piece of paper that has been chewed and then rolled into a ball to be thrown or shot at someone
1 to quickly suggest ideas to be discussed without thinking about them carefully:
The league made an exception for 17 named players, who were permitted to throw spitballs for the rest of their careers.
Small spitballs are often propelled by placing them in a straw or the shaft of a disassembled hollow pen and blowing through the other end.
Larger spitballs are sometimes flicked with the fingers, a flexible ruler or through the use of a rubber band.
During the game you come across bullies, camp counselors and even a few wild animals, battling them with spitballs, a boomerang and, in the lunchroom level, food.
The invention of the spitball has been credited to several pitchers.
In spring training of 1906, he claimed to have mastered the spitball pitch.
In this sense, a spitball can be thought of as a fastball with knuckleball action.
He is credited with inventing the spitball and the out-curve.
