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Definitions for pitching
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Princeton's WordNet
pitchingnoun
(baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team
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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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
Pitching
of Pitch
Pitchingnoun
the act of throwing or casting; a cast; a pitch; as, wild pitching in baseball
Pitchingnoun
the rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone
Pitchingnoun
a facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
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.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pitching in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pitching in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of pitching in a Sentence
The only thing Earl Weaver knows about big-league pitching is that he couldn't hit it.
Walking up and down the paddock, obviously people were pitching to me 'today that was a bit dominant' but... we're all in the same cars and sharing each others' data and onboards, so especially in the dry it's going to be close... the longer tests we've done, you wouldn't believe how close it gets and that's all because we're all sharing each others' data.
This whole World SeriesAdam, world championship, you can't say enough about our pitching.
He’s been probably one of our most consistent at-bats here over the last week or so, just grinding through it, obviously, his niche is killing the lefties. He usually stays right on left-handed pitching, and he was right there again tonight.
We can call it aggressive because of the way Walker was pitching, right? he didn’t deserve to be out of the game, but the back-to-back plays just led to that decision.
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