"pitching" in the noun sense

1. pitching

baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team

2. lurch, pitch, pitching

abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance

"the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"

"pitching" in the verb sense

1. flip, toss, sky, pitch

throw or toss with a light motion

"flip me the beachball"

"toss me newspaper"

2. lurch, pitch, shift

move abruptly

"The ship suddenly lurched to the left"

3. pitch

fall or plunge forward

"She pitched over the railing of the balcony"

4. pitch

set to a certain pitch

"He pitched his voice very low"

5. peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch

sell or offer for sale from place to place

6. slope, incline, pitch

be at an angle

"The terrain sloped down"

7. cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch

heel over

"The tower is tilting"

"The ceiling is slanting"

8. pitch, set up

erect and fasten

"pitch a tent"

9. deliver, pitch

throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball

"The pitcher delivered the ball"

10. pitch

hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin

11. pitch

lead (a card) and establish the trump suit

12. gear, pitch

set the level or character of

"She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"

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