pitching Synonyms & Antonyms

present participle and gerund of pitch

To cover or smear with pitch.

To darken; to blacken; to obscure.

To throw.

To throw (the ball) toward a batter at home plate.

To play baseball in the position of pitcher.

To throw away; discard.

To promote, advertise, or attempt to sell.

To deliver in a certain tone or style, or with a certain audience in mind.

To assemble or erect (a tent).

To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp.

To move so that the front of an aircraft or boat goes alternatively up and down.

To play a short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.

To bounce on the playing surface.

(of snow) To settle and build up, without melting.

To alight; to settle; to come to rest from flight.

(with on or upon) To fix one's choice.

To plunge or fall; especially, to fall forward; to decline or slope.

(of an embankment, roadway) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones.

(of a price, value) To set or fix.

(of a card) To discard for some gain.

To produce a note of a given pitch.

To fix or set the tone of.

The act of throwing or casting.

The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.

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