inshoot
nounEtymology From in + shoot.
1
The act of shooting or moving rapidly inward, as a baseball that is pitched with a curve.
- The pitcher started the ball wide, but, with a sudden break it took an inshoot across the plate.1906, Burt L. Standish, Frank Merriwell's Son:
- Woods fooled him on a wide curve and a swift inshoot.1898, Burt L. Standish, Frank Merriwell's Cruise: