Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stomatopod crustacean, Gonodactylus chiragra, found in the West Indies. It is so called because it frequently cuts with its claws the fingers of one who handles it.
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Examples
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His fastball/split-finger combination has been effective for the Tigers this season.
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I must be a geek because the first thing I ever thought was the Vulcan split-finger "Live long, and prosper" greeting.
The Virtual Handshake, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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His fastball/split-finger combination has been effective for the Tigers this season.
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Young whiffs on a split-finger fastball in the dirt.
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Failing those, she could always give them the "split-finger".
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Pirates reliever Jose Veras, whose average fastball travels at 94.4 mph, according to FanGraphs.com, threw Beltran four curveballs and three split-finger pitches.
Beltran's More Than an Empty Shirt Mike Sielski 2011
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In fact, other than his fastball, the split-finger became the pitch he relied on most, throwing it 19.5 percent of the time.
From Bad to Worst 2010
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Jones was looking for a fastball, but thought Guardado might throw him a split-finger pitch.
USATODAY.com 2008
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And he throws a split-finger fork, split-finger pitch, and Henderson hits it over the left-center-field fence.
It’s What’s Inside the Lines That Counts Fay Vincent 2010
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But hitters are no longer swinging at the split-finger as frequently, Mr. Barajas said, because Mr. Pelfrey keeps throwing it out of the strike zone, as he did Monday.
From Bad to Worst 2010
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