googly

Speech parts

1. googly - Noun

2. googly - Adjective

Meaning

a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

bosie wrong 'un bosie ball bender joker dodge bluff hocus-pocus design gambit device curve blind fetch ploy
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Antonyms

oath accuracy honor integrity purity authenticity
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Hypernyms

bowling

Phrases with the word

googly-eyed cod great googly moogly

Examples

I don't really picture anyone when I'm drawing. They just become their own completed person with googly eyes. Bryan Lee O'Malley

A googly may also be achieved by bowling the ball as a conventional leg break, but spinning the ball further with the fingers just before it is released. Source: Internet

His googly or the ‘doosra’ flummoxed plenty of batsmen and soon, Ajmal was translating his white-ball success into the Test arena. Source: Internet

In addition to his accurate probing consistency, he possessed a well-disguised googly and topspinner which tricked many batsmen and yielded him many wickets. Source: Internet

Colin Ackermann (24) struggled from the start against the leg-spin of Parkinson and was quickly bowled by a googly he completely failed to pick. Source: Internet

His main attacking weapon is the googly - a delivery that spins from the off side towards leg - baffling batsmen expecting the ball to turn the other way. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

googlish Googlitis Googlize googly eye googly moogly googly-eyed cod