swings and misses
Strikeouts at bat
Swings and misses are failed attempts, from baseball where a batter swings at a pitch and fails to make contact.
The phrase usually appears in assessments of mixed performance: The album has some hits but also some swings and misses.
A single failed attempt is a swing and a miss: That joke was a swing and a miss.
- whiffBrief, faint smell
- strikeoutBatter retired on pitches
- strike threeFinal count against batter
- baseballBat-and-ball team sport
- at batHitter's turn
pitch · elusive · trial-and-error · batter · plate · disappointment · curveball · full count · blunder · attempts · failure · futility · setback · errors · K · redemption · risk-taking · perseverance
swings and missesbase hits
Successful batting results
hits · home runs · line drives · connects · singles
swings and missesdead on
Precisely correct
spot on · right on the money · pinpoint accuracy · perfect timing · well-timed
swing, swings, swung, swinging, swinger, swingers, miss, misses, missed