Textual thesaurus for "pitch"

(noun) delivery

(baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter

(noun) lurch, pitching

abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)

the pitching and tossing was quite exciting

(noun) auction pitch

an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump

(noun) pitch shot

a high approach shot in golf

(noun) slant, rake

degree of deviation from a horizontal plane

the roof had a steep pitch

(noun) sales pitch, sales talk

promotion by means of an argument and demonstration

(noun) tar

any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue

(verb) gear

set the level or character of

She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience

(verb) deliver

throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball

The pitcher delivered the ball

(verb) flip, sky, toss

throw or toss with a light motion

flip me the beachball; toss me newspaper

(verb) set up

erect and fasten

pitch a tent

(verb) shift, lurch

move abruptly

The ship suddenly lurched to the left

(verb) tilt, slant, cant, cant over

heel over

The tower is tilting; The ceiling is slanting

(verb) slope, incline

be at an angle

The terrain sloped down

(verb) huckster, hawk, vend, peddle, monger

sell or offer for sale from place to place