googlies
Spinner's tricky balls
Googlies is the plural of googly, a cricket term for a deceptive spin delivery that breaks in the opposite direction from what the bowler's hand action suggests.
The ball appears to be spinning one way but turns the other, deceiving the batsman.
Informally, googlies extends to anything deceptive or tricky: The interviewer threw me a few googlies.
Foot-level cricket delivery
- bouncerVenue entrance enforcer
- legbreakWrist-spin bowling delivery
- spinnerThing that rotates
- flipperMarine animal's swimming limb
carrom · slider · seam · swing · pace · delivery · variation · turn
Deliberate deception
- deceiveCause false belief
- bamboozleDeceive through cunning
- misleadCause false belief
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
feint · bluff · ruse · subterfuge · con · dupe · fool · outfox
yorker
Foot-level cricket delivery
flipper · carrom · slider · seam · swing · pace · delivery · variation · turn · grip
trick
Deliberate deception
disguise · feint · bluff · ruse · subterfuge · con · dupe · fool · outfox · hoodwink
bewilder
Cause utter confusion
stump · nonplus · puzzle · mystify · befuddle · discombobulate · confuse · disorient · addle · muddle
unpredictability
State resisting forecasts
- unexpectednessState of being unanticipated
- shockViolent sudden disturbance
- startleFrighten suddenly
jolt · curveball · blindside · ambush · catch · unsettle · disarm · wrongfoot · setup