gutter ball

noun

1. a bowling ball that is rolled into one of the gutters and does not hit any pins.

Example Sentences

“We threw a gutter ball, basically, down the middle,” said Lovullo, who elected not to intentionally walk Seager.

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Both the line and the character, but little else that made the 1998 Coen brother’ film a cult comic masterpiece, has been resurrected for “The Jesus Rolls,” a gutter ball of a sophomoric, white middle-age male sex farce fantasy that quickly wears out an already tenuous welcome.

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The Pac-12 Conference didn't put a team in the College Football Playoff last season and was one loss away from throwing a gutter ball when it went bowling.

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McLaughlin was winning and told Bland that if the coach rolled a gutter ball, McLaughlin would commit to USC.

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Bowling alley visits have become something of a staple for presidential campaigns, and perhaps sensing the pitfalls of a gutter ball, Mrs. Clinton demurred from trying out the Adel lanes.

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