pitch

pitch
Synonyms and related words:
AF, French pitch, abuse, acme, address, after-dinner speech, allocution, amount, angularity, apex, apogee, ascend, asphalt, assail, assault, assist, attack, audio frequency, ballyhoo, bank, base, belabor, belly buster, belly flop, belly whopper, bevel, bezel, bitumen, bivouac, blunder, bob, bobble, bowl, brow, buck off, build, build in, bung, caliber, camp, camp out, cannonball, cant, cap, capsize, careen, career, cascade, cast, cast up, catapult, cataract, chalk talk, change of pace, change-up, charcoal, chip in, choose, chuck, chunk, chute, classical pitch, climax, climb, cloud nine, coal, coggle, collapse, come a cropper, come down, compass, contribute, cooperate, crash, crash dive, crest, crow, crown, culmen, culmination, curve, cut, dangle, dart, dash, debate, declamation, decline, degree, depth, descend, determine, diatribe, dip, dip down, dive, down, downcurve, drive stakes, drop, drop down, drop off, easy slope, ebon, ebony, edge, elect, elevate, encamp, erect, establish, eulogy, exhortation, extent, extreme limit, extremity, fall, fall away, fall down, fall flat, fall headlong, fall off, fall over, fall prostrate, falter, fastball, filibuster, fire, fix, fleam, fling, flip, flounce, flounder, fluctuate, flutter, forensic, forensic address, fork, formal speech, forward pass, found, frequency, fundamental, fundamental tone, funeral oration, gainer, gentle slope, get a cropper, glacis, go camping, go down, go downhill, go uphill, grade, gradient, gravitate, ground, hanging gardens, harangue, harmonic, header, heave, heaven, heavens, height, helicline, help, high noon, high pitch, highest pitch, highest point, hillside, hobbyhorse, hoist, hortatory address, hurl, hurtle, inaugural, inaugural address, inclination, incline, inclined plane, incurve, inflection, ink, install, interval, intonation, intonation pattern, invective, invest, jackknife, jeremiad, jerk, jet, jump on, keel, key, knuckleball, labor, lance, lash out at, lateral, lateral pass, launch, launching ramp, lay into, lay the foundation, lean, leaning, leaning tower, leap, let fly, level, librate, lift up, light into, limit, list, lob, lose altitude, low pitch, lurch, make heavy weather, mark, maximum, measure, meridian, modulation, monotone, monotony, mountaintop, move, name, ne plus ultra, new philharmonic pitch, night, no place higher, nominate, noon, nose dive, nose-dive, notch, note, nuance, nutate, opt for, oration, oscillate, outcurve, overtone, parachute, parachute jump, partial, partial tone, pas, pass, patter, peak, peg, pelt, pendulate, pep talk, period, peroration, persuasion, philharmonic pitch, philippic, philosophical pitch, pick, pinnacle, pitch accent, pitch and plunge, pitch and toss, pitch camp, pitch in, pitch into, pitchfork, pitchpole, place, plane, plant, plateau, plop, plummet, plump, plunge, plunk, point, pole, position, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon, pound, pour down, power dive, precipitate, prepared speech, prepared text, proportion, public speech, put, put in, put the shot, put up, rain, raise, raise aloft, raise up, rake, ramp, range, ratio, raven, reach, reading, rear, rear aloft, recital, recitation, reel, register, remove, resonate, retreat, ridge, rise, rock, roll, rough it, round, rung, running dive, sail into, sales pitch, sales talk, salutatory, salutatory address, say, scale, scarp, scend, scope, screed, screwball, seat, seethe, select, send, serve, service, set, set speech, set up, set upon, seventh heaven, shade, shadow, shake, shelve, shelving beach, shoot, shot-put, shy, side, sidle, sinker, skin-dive, sky, sky dive, sky-dive, slant, sleep out, slider, sling, sloe, slope, smoke, smut, snap, song and dance, soot, sound, space, speech, speech tune, speechification, speeching, spiel, spire, spitball, spitter, sprawl, spread-eagle, stagger, stair, stand upright, standard, standard pitch, stationary dive, steep slope, step, stiff climb, stint, stoop, struggle, stumble, summit, suprasegmental, swag, swan dive, sway, swing, swoop, swoop down, take a fall, take a header, take a pratfall, talk, talkathon, talus, tar, tent, thrash about, throw, tilt, tip, tip-top, tirade, tonality, tone, tonelessness, top, topple, topple down, topple over, toss, toss and tumble, toss and turn, totter, tower of Pisa, tread, trend downward, trip, tumble, tune, turn turtle, unhorse, unseat, upcurve, upend, upheave, uplift, upmost, upper extremity, uppermost, upraise, uprear, upright, uprise, utmost, vacillate, valediction, valedictory, valedictory address, vertex, very top, vest, vibrate, volutation, wag, waggle, wallop, wallow, wave, waver, welter, wobble, yaw, zenith

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  • Pitch — Pitch, n. 1. A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits. [1913 Webster] {Pitch and toss}, a game played by tossing up a coin, and calling Heads or tails; hence: {To play pitch and toss with (anything)}, to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pitch — may refer to:In music: * Pitch (music), the property of a sound or musical tone measured by its perceived frequency ** Range (music), the distance from the lowest to the highest pitch a musical instrument can play ** Vocal range, the distance… …   Wikipedia

  • pitch — pitch1 [pich] n. [ME pich < OE pic < L pix (gen. picis) < IE base * pi , to be fat > FAT] 1. a black, sticky substance formed in the distillation of coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc. and used for waterproofing, roofing, pavements,… …   English World dictionary

  • Pitch — Pitch, n. [OE. pich, AS. pic, L. pix; akin to Gr. ?.] 1. A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pitch — Pitch, v. t. [OE. picchen; akin to E. pick, pike.] 1. To throw, generally with a definite aim or purpose; to cast; to hurl; to toss; as, to pitch quoits; to pitch hay; to pitch a ball. [1913 Webster] 2. To thrust or plant in the ground, as stakes …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pitch up — (informal) To arrive • • • Main Entry: ↑pitch * * * ˌpitch ˈup [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they pitch up he/she/it …   Useful english dictionary

  • pitch|y — «PIHCH ee», adjective, pitch|i|er, pitch|i|est. 1. full of pitch; bituminous or resinous. 2. coated, smeared, or sticky with pitch. 3. of the nature or consistency of pitch; …   Useful english dictionary

  • pitch — pitch; pitch·blende; pitch·ered; pitch·er·ful; pitch·i·ness; pitch·er; pitch·fork; pitch·man; …   English syllables

  • pitch — Ⅰ. pitch [1] ► NOUN 1) the degree of highness or lowness in a sound or tone, as governed by the rate of vibrations producing it. 2) the steepness of a roof. 3) a particular level of intensity. 4) Brit. an area of ground marked out or used for… …   English terms dictionary

  • Pitch — (englisch: to pitch = werfen, neigen, stimmen; pitch = Tonhöhe, Neigungswinkel) bezeichnet: beim Sport: im Baseball einen Wurf, siehe Pitcher im Cricket einen Teil des Spielfelds, siehe Pitch (Cricket) im Golf einen Schlag, siehe Golfschlag… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Pitch — Pitch, v. i. 1. To fix or place a tent or temporary habitation; to encamp. Laban with his brethren pitched in the Mount of Gilead. Gen. xxxi. 25. [1913 Webster] 2. To light; to settle; to come to rest from flight. [1913 Webster] The tree whereon… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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