pitching

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ɪŋ/

Verb

pitching

1. present participle and gerund of pitch

   As the pilot fought the hijackers for control the aeroplane was pitching wildly.

See also

• pitching a tent

Noun

pitching (countable and uncountable, plural pitchings)

1. The act of throwing or casting.

   wild pitching in baseball

2. The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.
   • c. 1874, Henry Mayhew, London Characters:

     All this testifies to that yearning for green fields and rural sports which a life amidst bricks, pavements and pitching-stones

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

Derived terms

• defense-independent pitching statistics
• pitching piece
• pitching wedge

References

• “pitching”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.