Pitch

[n] abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"
[n] the action or manner of throwing something; "his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor"
[n] (baseball) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
[n] an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
[n] a high approach shot in golf
[n] the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
[n] degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch"
[n] promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
[n] (British) 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"
[n] any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue
[v] set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"
[v] cause to be at a particular level; "She pitched her aspirations too high"
[v] set to a certain pitch, as of an instrument or one's voice; "He pitched his voice very low"
[v] erect and fix firmly in place; "They pitched the roof at a steep slant"
[v] throw or hurl, as in baseball; "The pitcher delivered the ball"
[v] throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"
[v] erect and fasten; "pitch a tent"
[v] move abruptly
[v] heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
[v] fall forwards
[v] be at an angle; "The terrain sloped down"
[v] sell or offer for sale from place to place

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Synonyms

auction pitch, cant, cant over, deliver, delivery, flip, gear, hawk, huckster, incline, lurch, lurch, monger, peddle, pitch shot, pitching, rake, sales pitch, sales talk, set up, shift, sky, slant, slant, slope, tar, tilt, toss, vend

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