pitch
Other forms: pitched; pitching; pitches
In baseball, the ball is pitched (thrown). Elsewhere, writers, salesmen, and other folks make pitches (proposals).
There's a long list of pitches, both nouns and verbs. A salesman can give you a sales pitch, when he tells you all the reasons you should buy what he's selling. A high, short golf shot is a pitch. If you are singing the right notes to a song then you are on pitch. A rocking boat is pitching. The only way to know which pitch is meant is to look at the situation and who's using the word.
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the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
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concert pitch, international pitch, philharmonic pitch
the pitch used to tune instruments for concert performances; usually assigns 440 Hz to the A above middle C
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high frequency, high pitch
a pitch that is perceived as above other pitches
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soprano, treble
the pitch range of the highest female voice
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tenor
the pitch range of the highest male voice
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key
pitch of the voice
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low frequency, low pitch
a pitch that is perceived as below other pitches
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alto
the pitch range of the lowest female voice
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alto
(of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments
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bass
the lowest part of the musical range
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tone
(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
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tune
the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch
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deepness
a low pitch that is loud and voluminous
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sound property
an attribute of sound
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set to a certain pitch“He pitched his voice very low”
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set
put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
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set
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set the level or character of“She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience”
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synonyms:
gear
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popularise, popularize
make understandable to the general public
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accommodate, adapt
make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
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popularise, popularize
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the action or manner of throwing something“his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor”
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throw
the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
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throw
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(baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
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delivery
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balk
an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base
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ball
a pitch that is not in the strike zone
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beanball, beaner
a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head
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change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, change-up, off-speed pitch
a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball
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bender, breaking ball, curve, curve ball
a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter
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duster
a pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter
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bullet, fastball, heater, hummer, smoke
(baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
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knuckleball, knuckler
a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin
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overhand pitch
a baseball pitch in which the hand moves above the shoulder
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passed ball
a pitch that the catcher should have caught but did not; allows a base runner to advance a base
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screwball
a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
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sinker
a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate
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spitball, spitter
an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it
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strike
(baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders
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submarine ball, submarine pitch
a pitch thrown sidearm instead of overhead
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wild pitch
an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base
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slider
a fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was thrown
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throw
the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
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throw or toss with a light motion
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throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
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hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
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hit
cause to move by striking
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hit
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a high approach shot in golf
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pitch shot
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approach, approach shot
a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
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approach, approach shot
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promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
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sales pitch, sales talk
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packaging, promotion, promotional material, publicity
a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
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packaging, promotion, promotional material, publicity
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a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
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sell or offer for sale from place to place
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abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
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move abruptly
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fall or plunge forward
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heel over
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degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
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be at an angle
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an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
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auction pitch
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all fours, high-low-jack
card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game
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all fours, high-low-jack
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lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
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play
put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
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play
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erect and fasten
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any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
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Vocabulary lists containing pitch
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