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 vibrationtypes:concert pitch, international pitch, philharmonic pitchthe pitch used to tune instruments for concert performances; usually assigns 440 Hz to the A above middle Ctenorthe pitch range of the highest male voicekeypitch of the voicealtothe pitch range of the lowest female voicealto(of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instrumentsbassthe lowest part of the musical rangetone(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languagestunethe property of producing accurately a note of a given pitchdeepnessa low pitch that is loud and voluminoustype of:sound propertyan attribute of sound
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set to a certain pitch“He pitched his voice very low”type of:setput into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
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set the level or character of
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the action or manner of throwing something“his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor”type of:throwthe act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
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(baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a battersynonyms: deliverytypes:balkan illegal pitching motion while runners are on baseballa pitch that is not in the strike zonechange-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, change-up, off-speed pitcha baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastballbender, breaking ball, curve, curve balla pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batterdustera pitch thrown deliberately close to the batteroverhand pitcha baseball pitch in which the hand moves above the shoulderpassed balla pitch that the catcher should have caught but did not; allows a base runner to advance a basescrewballa pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrownsinkera pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the platespitball, spitteran illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws itstrike(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 shoulderswild pitchan errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a baseslidera fastball that curves slightly away from the side from which it was throwntype of:throwthe 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 backspintype of:hitcause to move by striking
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a high approach shot in golfsynonyms: pitch shottype of:approach, approach shota relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green
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promotion by means of an argument and demonstrationsynonyms: sales pitch, sales talktype of:packaging, promotion, promotional material, publicitya message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution
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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 trumpsynonyms: auction pitchtype of:all fours, high-low-jackcard games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game
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lead (a card) and establish the trump suittype of:playput (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
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erect and fasten
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any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
- MLA
- APA
- Chicago
Vocabulary lists containing pitch
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