pitching

Plural: pitchings

Noun

• (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"
• The act of throwing or casting.
• The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.
• A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.

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
• present participle and gerund of pitch

Examples

• As the pilot fought the hijackers for control the aeroplane was pitching wildly.
• wild pitching in baseball

Synonyms

cant, cant over, deliver, flip, gear, hawk, huckster, incline, lurch, monger, peddle, pitch, set up, shift, sky, slant, slope, tilt, toss, vend

Related Words

pitching a tent