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googly::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bosie, bosie ball, wrong 'un |
| Type of | bowling |
Examples of googly
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It was described as devilish with large, pointed ears and googly, glowing eyes.
From the metro.co.uk
It's a googly that goes horribly wrong and ends up as a wide waist-high full toss.
From the guardian.co.uk
Kids can make sparkly fish using compact discs, stickers, sequins and googly eyes.
From the al.com
He once bowled English opening batsman David Sheppard with a googly during a Test.
From the en.wikipedia.org
From the back seat on the right side of the car, Sadie's big, googly eyes peer out.
From the sacbee.com
Googly-eyed snowmen had black magnets for noses and StopLitter bands on their hats.
From the tennessean.com
Three nights later they were making googly eyes at each other at Black Angus.
From the ocregister.com
With three kids, I made lots of things with Popsicle sticks and googly eyes.
From the fresnobee.com
My partner was one of the first non-googly people to be invited and joined.
From the guardian.co.uk
- A cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way
- In cricket, a googly is a type of delivery bowled by a right-arm leg spin bowler. It is occasionally referred to as a Bosie (or Bosey), after its inventor Bernard Bosanquet. ...
- A ball, bowled by a leg break bowler, that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery; Of the eyes, bulging
- (Googlies) Unnatural, large round eyes, usually sideways glancing. Good examples have eyes that move by action of lever.
- A pitch which is thrown with baseball's "screwball" grip but reverse finger spin... to look like a leg-break (see definition) that should move across and AWAY from the batter, but actually moves in the OPPOSITE direction, i.e. INTO the batter like an off-break (see definition), after it bounces. ...
- The legspinner's variation that turns into the right-hander and away from the left-hander
- This is a delivery by a right arm spin bowler which to a right hand batsman appears as if it will spin from leg to off, however, spins in the opposite direction. Thanks: Steven Dear
- (cricket) an off-break ball bowled with apparent leg-break action.
- Guaranteed to make schoolboys, and cricketing unbelievers, giggle.
