Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to curveball
Participle: curveballed
Gerund: curveballing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | curveball |
| you | curveball |
| he;she;it | curveballs |
| we | curveball |
| you | curveball |
| they | curveball |
Perfect
| I | have curveballed |
| you | have curveballed |
| he;she;it | has curveballed |
| we | have curveballed |
| you | have curveballed |
| they | have curveballed |
Past
| I | curveballed |
| you | curveballed |
| he;she;it | curveballed |
| we | curveballed |
| you | curveballed |
| they | curveballed |
Pluperfect
| I | had curveballed |
| you | had curveballed |
| he;she;it | had curveballed |
| we | had curveballed |
| you | had curveballed |
| they | had curveballed |
Future
| I | will curveball |
| you | will curveball |
| he;she;it | will curveball |
| we | will curveball |
| you | will curveball |
| they | will curveball |
Future Perfect
| I | will have curveballed |
| you | will have curveballed |
| he;she;it | will have curveballed |
| we | will have curveballed |
| you | will have curveballed |
| they | will have curveballed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | curveball |
| you | curveball |
| he;she;it | curveball |
| we | curveball |
| you | curveball |
| they | curveball |
Perfect
| I | have curveballed |
| you | have curveballed |
| he;she;it | have curveballed |
| we | have curveballed |
| you | have curveballed |
| they | have curveballed |
Imperfect
| I | curveballed |
| you | curveballed |
| he;she;it | curveballed |
| we | curveballed |
| you | curveballed |
| they | curveballed |
Pluperfect
| I | had curveballed |
| you | had curveballed |
| he;she;it | had curveballed |
| we | had curveballed |
| you | had curveballed |
| they | had curveballed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would curveball |
| you | would curveball |
| he;she;it | would curveball |
| we | would curveball |
| you | would curveball |
| they | would curveball |
Perfect
| I | would have curveballed |
| you | would have curveballed |
| he;she;it | would have curveballed |
| we | would have curveballed |
| you | would have curveballed |
| they | would have curveballed |
Imperative
| you | curveball |
| we | Let's curveball |
| you | curveball |
Verbs conjugated like 'curveball'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'curveball'
fireball,
freeball,
airball,
crandall,
curtail,
curve,
curvet,
curvette,
deball,
eyeball,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From curve + ball.
Sample Sentences
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Even though the haughty physics professors at the elite school ridiculed his declaration that he could make a baseball curve, Cummings just laughed it off and said, “I curveballed them to death,” according to Frederick Ivor-Campbell. [2006, William F. McNeil, The Evolution of Pitching in Major League Baseball, McFarland, →ISBN, page 21:]
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The news curveballed him. He'd been hamstrung and schizzed all the preceding weeks. He brooded in his den. [2009, James Ellroy, Blood's a Rover, Random House, →ISBN, page 566:]