softball question

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• softball question — noun see softball II …   Useful english dictionary

• a softball question — ► INFORMAL a question that is easy to answer: »I know this is probably like a softball question to you, but are you going to go ask Congress for more money and more staff? »News crews lobbed softball questions. Main Entry: ↑softball …   Financial and business terms

• softball — UK US /ˈsɒftbɔːl/ noun [U] US ► INFORMAL a method of doing something that is not forceful, determined, or unpleasant: »With its burgeoning trade deficit, the US is in no mood to play softball. → Compare HARDBALL(Cf. ↑hardball) ● …   Financial and business terms

• softball — baseball of larger than usual size, used in a scaled down version of the game, 1914, from SOFT (Cf. soft) + BALL (Cf. ball). The game itself so called from 1926, earlier known as playground baseball. The word earlier was a term in sugar candy… …   Etymology dictionary

• softball — /sawft bawl , soft /, n. 1. a form of baseball played on a smaller diamond with a larger and softer ball. 2. the ball itself. 3. something that can be easily dealt with: The confirmation committee threw her a softball on that question. [1925 30;… …   Universalium

• softball — noun Date: 1926 1. a sport similiar to baseball played on a small diamond with a ball that is larger than a baseball and that is pitched underhand; also the ball used in this game 2. a question requiring only an easy or simple response •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• softball — noun a) A game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand. b) A question designed to be easy to answer. Syn: diamond ball, indoor baseball, kitten ball, mush ball, pumpkin ball, town… …   Wiktionary

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