Definition of pitch

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• pitch is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
• pitch is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
• pitch is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 13

Definition of pitch

• set the level or character of (verb)

  Examples

  1. She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience

  Synonyms

  1. gear
• any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. tar
• abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance) (noun)

  Examples

  1. the pitching and tossing was quite exciting

  Synonyms

  1. lurch
  2. pitching
• promotion by means of an argument and demonstration (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. sales pitch
  2. sales talk
• an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. auction pitch
• a sports field with predetermined dimensions for playing soccer (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. soccer field
• throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball (verb)

  Examples

  1. The pitcher delivered the ball

  Synonyms

  1. deliver
• heel over (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. cant
  2. cant over
  3. slant
  4. tilt
• be at an angle (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. incline
  2. slope
• sell or offer for sale from place to place (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. hawk
  2. huckster
  3. monger
  4. peddle
  5. vend
• erect and fasten (verb)

  Examples

  1. pitch a tent

  Synonyms

  1. set up
• move abruptly (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. lurch
  2. shift
• a high approach shot in golf (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. pitch shot
• (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. delivery
• degree of deviation from a horizontal plane (noun)

  Examples

  1. the roof had a steep pitch

  Synonyms

  1. rake
  2. slant
• throw or toss with a light motion (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. flip
  2. sky
  3. toss
• a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk) (noun)

  Examples

  1. he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors
• fall or plunge forward (verb)

  Examples

  1. She pitched over the railing of the balcony
• hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin (verb)
• lead (a card) and establish the trump suit (verb)
• set to a certain pitch (verb)

  Examples

  1. He pitched his voice very low
• the action or manner of throwing something (noun)

  Examples

  1. his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor
• the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration (noun)

See definition of pitch in Merriam Webster