Definitions for: Pitching

[n] abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"
[n] playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team

Webster (1913) Definition: Pitch"ing, n.
1. The act of throwing or casting; a cast; a pitch; as, wild
pitching in baseball.

2. The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of
stone. --Mayhew.

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

Pitching piece (Carp.), the horizontal timber supporting
the floor of a platform of a stairway, and against which
the stringpieces of the sloping parts are supported.

Synonyms: lurch, pitch

See Also: ball, baseball, baseball game, careen, motility, motion, move, movement, playing, rock, sway, tilt

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