pitching

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪtʃtɪŋ/

Verb

pitching

1. present participle of pitch

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

See also

• pitching a tent

Noun

pitching (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.

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

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “pitching”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)