verb
- Throw or toss with a light motion.
- usage: "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"
- Move abruptly.
- usage: "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
- Fall or plunge forward.
- usage: "She pitched over the railing of the balcony"
- synonyms: pitch
- Set to a certain pitch.
- usage: "He pitched his voice very low"
- synonyms: pitch
- Sell or offer for sale from place to place.
- Be at an angle.
- usage: "The terrain sloped down"
- Heel over.
- usage: "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
- Erect and fasten.
- usage: "pitch a tent"
- Throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball.
- usage: "The pitcher delivered the ball"
- Hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin.
- synonyms: pitch
- Lead (a card) and establish the trump suit.
- synonyms: pitch
- Set the level or character of.
- usage: "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"
adjective
- Of sound. ( set to a certain pitch or key; usually used as a combining form)
- usage: "high-pitched"
- Set at a slant.
- usage: "a pitched rather than a flat roof"
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