1. (verb)
flip, toss, sky, pitch
throw or toss with a light motion
"flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"
2. (verb)
lurch, pitch, shift
move abruptly
"The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
3. (verb)
pitch
fall or plunge forward
"She pitched over the railing of the balcony"
4. (verb)
pitch
set to a certain pitch
"He pitched his voice very low"
5. (verb)
peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch
sell or offer for sale from place to place
6. (verb)
slope, incline, pitch
be at an angle
"The terrain sloped down"
7. (verb)
cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch
heel over
"The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
8. (verb)
pitch, set up
erect and fasten
"pitch a tent"
9. (verb)
deliver, pitch
throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
"The pitcher delivered the ball"
10. (verb)
pitch
hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
11. (verb)
pitch
lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
12. (verb)
gear, pitch
set the level or character of
"She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"
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Definition of 'pitch'
