📖 Definitions of "Pitching"
- 1
To cover or smear with pitch.
- 2
To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
- 1
To throw.
"He pitched the horseshoe."
- 2
To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.
- 3
To play baseball in the position of pitcher.
"Bob pitches today."
- 4
To throw away; discard.
"He pitched the candy wrapper."
- 1
To produce a note of a given pitch.
- 2
To fix or set the tone of.
- 1
The act of throwing or casting.
"wild pitching in baseball"
- 2
The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.
- 3
A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.
🔄 Synonyms of "Pitching"
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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pitching"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| lurchnoun | A sudden or unsteady movement. |
| launchnoun | (transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation |
| launchernoun | One who or that which launches. A device that throws something or the person who initiates a launch. |
| dispensernoun | Something or someone that dispenses things. |
| moundnoun | An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense |
| bullpennoun | (baseball) An enclosed area for pitchers to warm up in during a game. |
| netballnoun | (uncountable) A (usually women's) team sport derived from basketball, with seven players on each side who attempt to score goals by passing a ball and throwing it into the opponent's goal, which is a raised hoop with a net at one end of the playing area. Unlike basketball, a player in possession of the ball cannot move until the ball is passed to another player. |
| pitchernoun | (baseball, softball, pesäpallo) The player who delivers the ball to the batter. |
| throwingnoun | The act by which something is thrown. |
| tossingnoun | The motion of something that tosses; a throwing or sudden rising and falling. |
| hurlingnoun | The act by which something is hurled or thrown. |
| flingingnoun | The act by which something is flung. |
| castingnoun | The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc. |
| lobbingverb | (transitive) To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high arc. |
| chuckingnoun | (engineering) The holding of an object in a chuck. |
| heavingnoun | An occasion on which something heaves or is heaved. |
| launchingnoun | The act by which something is launched; a launch. |
| catapultingverb | A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects. |
| slingingnoun | throwing with a wide motion (as if with a sling) |
| peltingnoun | The act by which somebody or something is pelted. |
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