pitch

Noun

• the action or manner of throwing something
  • his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor
    

• abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
  • the pitching and tossing was quite exciting
    

• an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump

• a high approach shot in golf

• any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue

• degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
  • the roof had a steep pitch
    

• promotion by means of an argument and demonstration

• a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)
  • he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors
    

• (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter

• the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration

Verb

• set the level or character of
  • She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience
    

• lead (a card) and establish the trump suit

• hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin

• throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
  • The pitcher delivered the ball
    

• erect and fasten
  • pitch a tent
    

• heel over
  • The tower is tilting
    
  • The ceiling is slanting
    

• be at an angle
  • The terrain sloped down
    

• sell or offer for sale from place to place

• set to a certain pitch
  • He pitched his voice very low
    

• fall or plunge forward
  • She pitched over the railing of the balcony
    

• move abruptly
  • The ship suddenly lurched to the left
    

• throw or toss with a light motion
  • flip me the beachball
    
  • toss me newspaper
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  lurch , pitching , auction pitch , pitch shot , tar , rake , slant , sales talk , sales pitch , delivery , gear , deliver , set up , cant , cant over , tilt , slope , incline , peddle , monger , huckster , hawk , vend , shift , flip , toss , sky