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wild pitch
wild pitch
A careless statement or action, as in Calling comic books great literature-that's a wild pitch. This term comes from baseball, where it signifies a pitched ball so far off target that the catcher misses it, enabling a base runner to advance. [Mid-1900s]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Keila | | - | English (Modern) |
Guo | | - | Chinese |
&Thorn;ÓRbjÖRg | | - | Ancient Scandinavian |
Brianna | | bree-AN-ə, bree-AHN-ə | English |
Lambert | | ['læmbət] | |
Pluto | | PLOO-to (English) | Greek Mythology (Latinized), Roman Mythology |