throw smoke

slang In baseball, to pitch fastballs. Wow, I can't believe he's still throwing smoke after eight innings. Watch out for this pitcher, she really throws smoke out there.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lalawethika	-	Native American, Shawnee
Fahd	-	Arabic
Beatrice	be-ah-TREE-che (Italian), BEE-ə-tris (English), BEE-tris (English), BE-ah-trees (Swedish), be-ah-TREES (Swedish)	Italian, English, Swedish
Nannie	NAN-ee	English
Petri	PET-ree (Finnish)	Finnish, Basque
Kalyna	kah-LI-nah	Ukrainian (Rare)