pitches

Noun

• the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
• (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
• 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"
• promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
• degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
• any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
• a high approach shot in golf
• an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
• abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
• the action or manner of throwing something
• plural of pitch

Verb

• throw or toss with a light motion
• move abruptly
• fall or plunge forward
• set to a certain pitch
• sell or offer for sale from place to place
• be at an angle
• heel over
• erect and fasten
• throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
• hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
• lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
• set the level or character of
• third-person singular simple present indicative of pitch

Synonyms

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