pitch | (noun) the action or manner of throwing something | - |
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(noun) an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump | Synonyms: auction pitch |
(noun) a high approach shot in golf | Synonyms: pitch shot |
(noun) the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it | Synonyms: delivery |
(noun) abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) | Synonyms: lurch, pitching |
(noun) the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration | - |
(noun) degree of deviation from a horizontal plane | Synonyms: rake, slant |
(noun) promotion by means of an argument and demonstration | Synonyms: sales pitch, sales talk |
(noun) a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk) | - |
(noun) a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer | Synonyms: soccer field |
(noun) any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue | Synonyms: tar |
pitchblende | (noun) a mineral consisting of uranium oxide and trace amounts of radium and thorium and polonium and lead and helium; uraninite in massive form is called pitchblende which is the chief uranium ore | Synonyms: uraninite |
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pitcher | (noun) the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit | Synonyms: mound |
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(noun) an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring | Synonyms: ewer |
(noun) (baseball) the person who does the pitching | Synonyms: hurler, twirler |
(noun) (botany) a leaf that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer | - |
(noun) the quantity contained in a pitcher | Synonyms: pitcherful |
pitcherful | (noun) the quantity contained in a pitcher | Synonyms: pitcher |
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pitchfork | (noun) a long-handled hand tool with sharp widely spaced prongs for lifting and pitching hay | - |
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pitching | (noun) (baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team | - |
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(noun) abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) | Synonyms: lurch, pitch |
pitchman | (noun) someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals) | Synonyms: hawker, packman, peddler, pedlar |
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(noun) an aggressive salesman who uses a fast line of talk to sell something | - |
pitchstone | (noun) dark acid granitic glass | - |
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