Unscramble pitching

Definition of pitching

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". Synonyms: lurch, pitch.

verb:

• throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball", "toss me newspaper". Synonyms: flip, pitch, sky, toss.
• move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left". Synonyms: lurch, pitch, shift.
• fall or plunge forward; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony". Synonyms: pitch.
• set to a certain pitch; "He pitched his voice very low". Synonyms: pitch.
• sell or offer for sale from place to place. Synonyms: hawk, huckster, monger, peddle, pitch, vend.
• be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down". Synonyms: incline, pitch, slope.
• heel over; "The tower is tilting", "The ceiling is slanting". Synonyms: cant, cant over, pitch, slant, tilt.
• erect and fasten; "pitch a tent". Synonyms: pitch, set up.
• throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball; "The pitcher delivered the ball". Synonyms: deliver, pitch.
• hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin. Synonyms: pitch.
• lead (a card) and establish the trump suit. Synonyms: pitch.
• set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience". Synonyms: gear, pitch.

Related words

ascend, camp, careen, climb, cock, dip, fall, lag, popularise, popularize, rock, stoop, submarine, sway, tilt.

Words nearby

itching, patching, witching.

Rhymes with

itching, stitching, switching, twitching, witching.