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perfect game
noun
- a baseball game in which the same player pitches throughout the full game without allowing any player of the opposing team to reach first base by a base hit, base on balls, error, or any other means. Compare no-hitter.
- a game in bowling of 12 consecutive strikes.
perfect game
noun
- baseball a game in which no batter on the opposing team reaches first base
- tenpin bowling a game in which a bowler scores twelve consecutive strikes
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Word History and Origins
Origin of perfect game1
First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences
David Roth is absolutely right that there is no perfect game.
From The Daily Beast
And just as there is no perfect game, very rarely is there a perfect witness in an illegal drugs case.
From The Daily Beast
It was like watching the pitcher for the team you hate pitch a perfect game.
From The Daily Beast
Five minutes had not passed before the boys had things adjusted and old Irons O was ready to pitch a perfect game.
From Project Gutenberg
They are in every respect the most important and the most perfect game birds of the district which they inhabit.
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