Pitching

Quick meaning: Pitching is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of pitch.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of pitch.

More Meanings

1. The act of throwing or casting.
2. The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.
3. (engineering) A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.

Example Sentences

wild pitching in baseball

As the pilot fought the hijackers for control the aeroplane was pitching wildly.

All this testifies to that yearning for green fields and rural sports which a life amidst bricks, pavements and pitching-stones

Word Forms

• pitchings

Synonyms for pitching

Depending on context, synonyms include lurch, pitch.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lurch, launch, launcher, dispenser, mound, bullpen.

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