What does pitching mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pitchingnoun

    (baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team

  2. lurch, pitch, pitchingnoun

    abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)

    "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"

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  1. pitching

    Pitching generally refers to the act of throwing a ball towards a target. It is a term most commonly used in sports such as baseball and cricket. However, it can also refer to the process of presenting or proposing an idea, project, or product to someone with the aim of convincing them to accept or approve it. In the context of aviation, pitching refers to the movement of an aircraft around its lateral axis, causing the nose to move up or down.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pitching

    of Pitch

  2. Pitchingnoun

    the act of throwing or casting; a cast; a pitch; as, wild pitching in baseball

  3. Pitchingnoun

    the rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone

  4. Pitchingnoun

    a facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. pitching

    The plunging of a ship's head in a sea-way; the vertical vibration which her length makes about her centre of gravity; a very straining motion.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pitching in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pitching in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of pitching in a Sentence

  1. Jim Palmer:

    The only thing Earl Weaver knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it.

  2. Alex Bregman:

    He's been unbelievable for us, he works extremely hard on the days he's not pitching. Super happy for him. I think he would win rookie of the year.

  3. Manvi Goel:

    When you’re pitching a strategic investor, you’re actually thinking of them as a partner, customer and contributor.

  4. Jackie Bradley Jr.:

    We were all talking amongst each other, and I think that's the first time I know that I've seen going from your eighth-inning guy to a position player (pitching) in the same inning, i've never seen it. It was an unbelievable run by our team.

  5. Catcher Maldonado:

    What impressed me most is he maintained the pitches and command late in the game, the Angels knew that( he could pitch late in games) coming into the season. After The Angels signed him, The Angels saw him pitching in Japan on video and he was going seven and eight innings pretty much every time.

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