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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 |
|---|
| Gottfrid | | - | Swedish |
| Keturah | | ki-TOOR-ə (English), kee-TYOOR-ə (English) | Biblical |
| Shinta | | - | Indonesian, Javanese |
| Masha | | - | Russian |
| Ndidi | | - | Western African, Igbo |
| Manfred | | MAHN-fret (German, Polish), MAHN-frət (Dutch) | German, Dutch, Polish |