spitter
- n a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth)
- n an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it
- Growled Ott: "Sliders and sinkers revolveyou can't see the stitches on the seams as they come to the plate like you can with a spitter.
- Amanda Whurlitzer (Tatum O'Neal), the tomboy daughter of an old flame of Buttermaker's, is expert in the fine art of the fastball and the spitter; Kelly Leak (Jackie Earle Haley .
- But he has a handsome line of patter a slick pitch (most likely a spitter) for shoddy merchandise.