pitching
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pitching
- /ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɪtʃɪŋ
verb
- present participle and gerund of pitch As the pilot fought the hijackers for control the aeroplane was pitching wildly.
noun pitchings
- The act of throwing or casting. wild pitching in baseball
- The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone. All this testifies to that yearning for green fields and rural sports which a life amidst bricks, pavements and pitching-stones
- A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: lurch, launch, launcher, dispenser, mound, bullpen, netball, pitcher, throwing, tossing, hurling, flinging, casting, lobbing, chucking, heaving
Talk about this word "pitching." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pitching. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pitching. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pitching "pitching." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pitching.Cite this
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title = {pitching},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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