googly
Spinner's secret weapon
A googly is a deceptive delivery in cricket—a ball bowled by a leg spinner that appears to be spinning one direction but breaks the opposite way, confusing the batsman.
The term extends to anything tricky or unexpected: He threw me a googly with that question.
Primarily British and Commonwealth usage.
Rapid rotation around axis
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- legbreakWrist-spin bowling delivery
- wristHand-forearm connection
- bowlerPin-toppling player
wicket · batsman · deceive · turn · flight · pitch · crease · stumps
Prolonged fixed gaze
- gazeFixed, intent look
- bulgingSwelling outward visibly
- cartoonishAbsurdly exaggerated in style
- wobblyTending to teeter
plastic · craft · puppet · silly · comical · exaggerated · glued · bobble
Not anticipated beforehand
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- deceptiveCreating false impressions
- bafflingImpossible to understand
- confusingCausing mental uncertainty
bewildering · puzzling · tricky · cunning · bamboozle · fool · disguise · unreadable
spin
Rapid rotation around axis
bowler · wicket · batsman · deceive · turn · flight · pitch · crease · stumps · over
stare
Prolonged fixed gaze
- gazeFixed, intent look
- bulgingSwelling outward visibly
- cartoonishAbsurdly exaggerated in style
wobbly · plastic · craft · puppet · silly · comical · exaggerated · glued · bobble · wiggle
unexpected
Not anticipated beforehand
- unpredictableCannot be anticipated
- deceptiveCreating false impressions
- bafflingImpossible to understand
confusing · bewildering · puzzling · tricky · cunning · bamboozle · fool · disguise · unreadable · mystifying
- cartoon traitsrubbery, goofy, bug-eyed, slapstick, zany
- cricketbatsman, bowler, wicket, bat, ball
- Cricket Idiomssticky wicket, not cricket, bowled over, stumped, on the back foot
- Cricket Bowlingfast bowling, yorker, bouncer, inswinger, outswinger
- spintopspin, backspin, sidespin, clockwise, counterclockwise
- Google MapsOnline navigation service
- googly eyesLoose-pupil craft decorations
- Google DocsWeb-based text editor
- Google ChromeInternet navigation application
- Google DriveOnline file hosting service
- Google EarthInteractive satellite map software