spitball
Chewed paper missile
A spitball is a small wad of paper chewed or moistened and shot from the mouth or a straw—classic classroom mischief.
In baseball, a spitball is an illegal pitch where saliva or another substance makes the ball move unpredictably.
Figuratively, to spitball is to toss out ideas casually, without commitment: Let's just spitball for a few minutes and see what sticks.
Soft compressed mass
- strawTube for sipping
- paperPressed pulp for writing
- chewGrind with teeth
- salivaMouth's digestive secretion
shoot · launch · prank · classroom · mischief · annoy · flick · target
Mental formation
- suggestOffer an idea indirectly
- proposePut forth formally
- toss outDispose of something
- ideateForm mental concepts
conceptualize · rough draft · ballpark · off-the-cuff · workshop · riff · improvise · jam session
Playful trick on someone
- schoolyardOutdoor area at school
- troublemakerOne who creates discord
- naughtyMildly disobedient
- sneakyStealthily deceptive
impish · shenanigans · juvenile · detention · teacher · nuisance · childish · pest
wad
Soft compressed mass
saliva · shoot · launch · prank · classroom · mischief · annoy · flick · target · wet
idea
Mental formation
ideate · conceptualize · rough draft · ballpark · off-the-cuff · workshop · riff · improvise · jam session · blue-sky
prank
Playful trick on someone
- schoolyardOutdoor area at school
- troublemakerOne who creates discord
- naughtyMildly disobedient
sneaky · impish · shenanigans · juvenile · detention · teacher · nuisance · childish · pest · antic
pitch
Frequency of sound
saliva · fastball · curveball · slider · delivery · windup · grip · spin · movement · ejection
- estimatesestimate, estimation, ballpark, ballpark estimate, rough estimate
- prankspranks, prank calls, prank call, prank video, practical jokes
- approximationsabout, approximately, around, roughly, almost
- Baseball HistoryBabe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, Lou Gehrig, Willie Mays, Hank Aaron
- pitchingfastball, slider, curveball, changeup, sinker
- sports cheatingmatch fixing, doping, point shaving, steroids, cheating