SkyfireDict

pitching   (TTS Sound)

The noun pitching has 2 senses

• pitching -- ((baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team)


• lurch, pitch, pitching -- (abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting")

The verb pitch has 12 senses

• flip, toss, sky, pitch -- (throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper")


• lurch, pitch, shift -- (move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left")


• pitch -- (fall or plunge forward; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony")


• pitch -- (set to a certain pitch; "He pitched his voice very low")


• peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch -- (sell or offer for sale from place to place)


• slope, incline, pitch -- (be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down")


• cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch -- (heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting")


• pitch, set up -- (erect and fasten; "pitch a tent")


• deliver, pitch -- (throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball; "The pitcher delivered the ball")


• pitch -- (hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin)


• pitch -- (lead (a card) and establish the trump suit)


• gear, pitch -- (set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience")