Definitions for pitchpɪtʃ

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

pitchpɪtʃ(v.t.)

to erect or set up (a tent, camp, or the like).
to put, set, or plant in a fixed or definite place or position.
to throw, fling, hurl, or toss.
Baseball. to deliver or serve (the ball) to the batter. to serve as pitcher of (a game).
Category: Sport
to set at a certain point, degree, level, etc.:
He pitched his hopes too high.
to establish the musical key of.
Category: Music and Dance
to set or build with a downward slope: a pitched roof.
Category: Architecture, Building Trades
to pave or revet with small stones.
Category: Architecture
Informal.to attempt to sell or win approval for; promote; advertise:
to pitch cereals at a sales convention.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Informal
(v.i.)to plunge or fall forward or headlong.
to lurch.
to throw or toss.
Baseball. to deliver or serve the ball to the batter. to fill the position of pitcher.
Category: Sport
to slope downward; dip.
to plunge with alternate fall and rise of bow and stern, as a ship.
Category: Nautical, Navy
(of a rocket or guided missile) to deviate from a stable flight attitude by oscillations of the longitudinal axis in a vertical plane about the center of gravity.
to fix a tent or temporary habitation; encamp.
Golf. to play a pitch shot.
Category: Sport
pitch in, Informal. to contribute to a common cause.
Category: Verb Phrase, Informal
pitch into, Informal. to attack verbally or physically.
(n.)relative point, position, or degree:
a high pitch of excitement.
the degree of inclination or slope; angle.
(in music, speech, etc.) the degree of height or depth of a tone or of sound, depending upon the relative rapidity of the vibrations by which it is produced.
Category: Music and Dance
Music. the particular tonal standard with which given tones may be compared in respect to their relative level.
Category: Music and Dance
the apparent predominant frequency sounded by an acoustical source.
the act or manner of pitching.
a throw or toss.
Baseball. the serving of the ball to the batter by the pitcher.
Category: Sport
a pitching movement, as of a ship.
Category: Nautical, Navy
a sloping part or place:
the pitch of a hill.
a quantity of something pitched or placed somewhere.
Cricket. the central part of the field; area between the wickets.
Category: Sport
Informal. a sales talk, often high-pressured.
Category: Informal
Aeron. the nosing of an airplane or spacecraft up or down about a transverse axis. the distance that a given propeller would advance in one revolution.
Category: Aeronautics
(of a rocket or guided missile) the motion due to pitching. the extent of the rotation of the longitudinal axis involved in pitching.
Category: Rocketry
Geol. the inclination of a linear feature, as the axis of a fold or an oreshoot, from the horizontal.
Category: Geology
the distance between the corresponding surfaces of two adjacent gear teeth, measured between perpendiculars to the root surfaces. the distance between any two adjacent things in a series, as screw threads or rivets.
Category: Machinery
Cards.
Category: Games
Ref: all fours (def. 2). 2
a unit of typographic measurement indicating the number of characters to a horizontal inch.
Category: Printing

Origin of pitch:

1175–1225; ME picchen to thrust, pierce, set up (a tent, etc.), array, throw

pitchpɪtʃ(n.)

any of various dark, tenacious, and viscous substances for caulking and paving, consisting of the residue of the distillation of coal tar or wood tar.
Category: Chemistry
any of certain bitumens, as asphalt:
mineral pitch.
Category: Chemistry
any of various resins.
Category: Chemistry
the sap or crude turpentine that exudes from the bark of pines.
Category: Chemistry
(v.t.)to smear or cover with pitch.

Origin of pitch:

bef. 900; ME pich, OE pic < L pic- (s. of pix), whence also D pek, G Pech; akin to Gk píssa pitch

Princeton's WordNet

pitch(noun)
the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
pitch, delivery(noun)
(baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
pitch(noun)
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"
sales talk, sales pitch, pitch(noun)
promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
pitch, rake, slant(noun)
degree of deviation from a horizontal plane
"the roof had a steep pitch"
pitch, tar(noun)
any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
pitch, pitch shot(noun)
a high approach shot in golf
pitch, auction pitch(noun)
an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
lurch, pitch, pitching(noun)
abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)
"the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"
pitch(verb)
the action or manner of throwing something
"his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor"
flip, toss, sky, pitch(verb)
throw or toss with a light motion
"flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"
lurch, pitch, shift(verb)
move abruptly
"The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
pitch(verb)
fall or plunge forward
"She pitched over the railing of the balcony"
pitch(verb)
set to a certain pitch
"He pitched his voice very low"
peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch(verb)
sell or offer for sale from place to place
slope, incline, pitch(verb)
be at an angle
"The terrain sloped down"
cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch(verb)
heel over
"The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
pitch, set up(verb)
erect and fasten
"pitch a tent"
deliver, pitch(verb)
throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
"The pitcher delivered the ball"
pitch(verb)
hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin
pitch(verb)
lead (a card) and establish the trump suit
gear, pitch(verb)
set the level or character of
"She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

pitch(noun)ɪtʃ
how high or low a sound or musical note is
the high pitch of the engine's whine
pitchɪtʃ
the intensity of emotion or activity
pitchɪtʃ
high intensity
Excitement about the tournament has reached a fever pitch this week.
pitchɪtʃ
a speech used to sell a product
the car salesman's pitch
pitchɪtʃ
in baseball, an act of throwing a ball to the batter
The first pitch was a strike.
pitchɪtʃ
a field for playing a sport on
a football pitch
pitch(verb)ɪtʃ
in baseball, to throw a ball to the batter
He's pitching a lot of fast balls.; Who's pitching?
pitchɪtʃ
to put a tent up
They pitched their tent beneath the trees.

Webster Dictionary

Pitch(noun)
a thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them
Pitch(noun)
see Pitchstone
Pitch(noun)
to cover over or smear with pitch
Pitch(noun)
fig.: To darken; to blacken; to obscure
Pitch(verb)
to throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose; to cast; to hurl; to toss; as, to pitch quoits; to pitch hay; to pitch a ball
Pitch(verb)
to thrust or plant in the ground, as stakes or poles; hence, to fix firmly, as by means of poles; to establish; to arrange; as, to pitch a tent; to pitch a camp
Pitch(verb)
to set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway
Pitch(verb)
to fix or set the tone of; as, to pitch a tune
Pitch(verb)
to set or fix, as a price or value
Pitch(verb)
to fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp
Pitch(verb)
to light; to settle; to come to rest from flight
Pitch(verb)
to fix one's choise; -- with on or upon
Pitch(verb)
to plunge or fall; esp., to fall forward; to decline or slope; as, to pitch from a precipice; the vessel pitches in a heavy sea; the field pitches toward the east
Pitch(noun)
a throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits
Pitch(noun)
that point of the ground on which the ball pitches or lights when bowled
Pitch(noun)
a point or peak; the extreme point or degree of elevation or depression; hence, a limit or bound
Pitch(noun)
height; stature
Pitch(noun)
a descent; a fall; a thrusting down
Pitch(noun)
the point where a declivity begins; hence, the declivity itself; a descending slope; the degree or rate of descent or slope; slant; as, a steep pitch in the road; the pitch of a roof
Pitch(noun)
the relative acuteness or gravity of a tone, determined by the number of vibrations which produce it; the place of any tone upon a scale of high and low
Pitch(noun)
the limit of ground set to a miner who receives a share of the ore taken out
Pitch(noun)
the distance from center to center of any two adjacent teeth of gearing, measured on the pitch line; -- called also circular pitch
Pitch(noun)
the length, measured along the axis, of a complete turn of the thread of a screw, or of the helical lines of the blades of a screw propeller
Pitch(noun)
the distance between the centers of holes, as of rivet holes in boiler plates

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

pitch
1. The movement of an aircraft or ship about its transverse axis. 2. In air photography, the camera rotation about the transverse axis of the aircraft. Also called tip.