pitch

Nouns

  • (n) the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
  • (n) (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter delivery,
  • (n) a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
    • he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors
  • (n) promotion by means of an argument and demonstration sales pitch, sales talk,
  • (n) degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
    • the roof had a steep pitch
    rake, slant,
  • (n) any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue tar,
  • (n) a high approach shot in golf pitch shot,
  • (n) an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump auction pitch,
  • (n) abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
    • the pitching and tossing was quite exciting
    pitching, lurch,
  • (n) the action or manner of throwing something
    • his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor

Verbs

  • (v) throw or toss with a light motion
    • flip me the beachball
    • toss me newspaper
    sky, toss, flip,
  • (v) move abruptly
    • The ship suddenly lurched to the left
    lurch, shift,
  • (v) fall or plunge forward
    • She pitched over the railing of the balcony
  • (v) set to a certain pitch
    • He pitched his voice very low
  • (v) sell or offer for sale from place to place hawk, huckster, monger, peddle, vend,
  • (v) be at an angle
    • The terrain sloped down
    slope, incline,
  • (v) heel over
    • The tower is tilting
    • The ceiling is slanting
    cant, cant over, tilt, slant,
  • (v) erect and fasten
    • pitch a tent
    set up,
  • (v) throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
    • The pitcher delivered the ball
    deliver,
  • (v) hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
  • (v) lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
  • (v) set the level or character of
    • She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience
    gear,

Synonyms

sky toss flip lurch shift delivery sales pitch sales talk hawk huckster monger peddle vend rake slant slope incline tar pitch shot cant cant over tilt set up auction pitch deliver pitching gear

Words of close approximity

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