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Noun: pitching pi-ching- (baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team
- Abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
"the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"; - lurch, pitch Verb: pitch pich- Throw with a light motion
"pitch me the beachball"; - flip, toss, sky - Throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
"The pitcher pitched the ball"; - deliver - Set to a certain pitch
"He pitched his voice very low" - Set the level or character of
"She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"; - gear - Sell or offer for sale from place to place
- peddle, monger, huckster [N. Amer], hawk, vend - Move abruptly
"The ship suddenly pitched to the left"; - lurch, shift - Fall or plunge forward
"She pitched over the railing of the balcony" - Be at an angle
"The terrain pitched down"; - slope, incline - Heel over
"The tower is pitching"; - cant, cant over, tilt, slant - Erect and fasten
"pitch a tent"; - set up - Hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
- (card game) lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
Derived forms: pitchings See also: pitched Type of: accommodate, adapt, angle, come down, deal, descend, erect, fall, fling, go down, hit, lean, motility, motion, move, movement, play, playing, rear, sell, set, sink, slant, throw, tilt, tip, trade, wing Encyclopedia: Pitching Pitch, roll, and yaw |