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Pitching

/ˈpɪtʃtɪŋ/

To cover or smear with pitch.

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📖 Definitions of "Pitching"

verb

1
To cover or smear with pitch.
2
To darken; to blacken; to obscure.

verb

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."

verb

1
To produce a note of a given pitch.
2
To fix or set the tone of.

noun

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"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
lurchnoun	A sudden or unsteady movement.
pitchnoun	A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pitching"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

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.