1. (baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team
   "Her pitching dominated the game, allowing no hits through seven innings"
    
2. Abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
   "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting";
   - lurch, pitch

1. Throw with a light motion
   "pitch me the beachball";
   - flip, toss, sky
    
2. Throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
   "The pitcher pitched the ball";
   - deliver
    
3. Set to a certain pitch
   "He pitched his voice very low"
    
4. Set the level or character of
   "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience";
   - gear
    
5. Sell or offer for sale from place to place
   "He pitched magazines door to door";
   - peddle, monger, huckster [N. Amer], hawk, vend
    
6. Erect and fasten
   "pitch a tent";
   - set up
    
7. Fall or plunge forward
   "She pitched over the railing of the balcony"
    
8. Move abruptly
   "The ship suddenly pitched to the left";
   - lurch, shift
    
9. Heel over
   "The tower is pitching";
   - cant, cant over, tilt, slant
    
10. Be at an angle
    "The terrain pitched down";
    - slope, incline
     
11. Hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
    "She pitched the ball onto the green, where it stopped quickly"
     
12. (card game) lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
    "He pitched hearts as trump"

Derived forms: pitchings

See also: pitched

Type of: accommodate, adapt, angle, come down, deal, descend, erect, fling, go down, hit, lean, motility, motion, move, movement, play, playing, rear, sell, set, slant, throw, tilt, tip, trade, wing

Encyclopedia: Pitching