pitch
/pɪt͡ʃ/ noun C2- A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand. · a good pitch in quoits
- The act of pitching a baseball. · The pitch was low and inside.
- A short, high, lofty shot that lands with backspin.
- An effort to sell or promote something. · He gave me a sales pitch.
- The distance between evenly spaced objects, e.g. the teeth of a saw or gear, the turns of a screw thread, the centres of holes, or letters in a monospace font. · The pitch of pixels on the point scale is 72 pixels per inch.· The pitch of this saw is perfect for that type of wood.
- The angle at which an object sits. · the pitch of the roof or haystack
- The degree to which a vehicle, especially a ship or aircraft, rotates on such an axis, tilting its bow or nose up or down. · the pitch of an aircraft
- A measure of the angle of attack of a propeller. · The propeller blades' pitch went to 90° as the engine was feathered.
Plural pitches
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- pitch around To intentionally throw pitches which are slightly out of ...
- pitch in To help out; lend assistance; contribute; to do one's par...
- pitch into To attack; to assault; to abuse.
- pitch on To throw (something) onto (something).
- pitch out To intentionally throw the ball outside to the catcher wh...
- pitch up To arrive; to turn up.
From the library
The place was pitch dark, but it was evident to me that it was an empty house.
All my instincts are one way, and all the facts are the other, and I much fear that British juries have not yet attained that pitch of intelligence when they will give the preference to my theories over Lestrade’s facts.”
He was at the gate when I came out, a-leanin’ up agin the railings, and a-singin’ at the pitch o’ his lungs about Columbine’s New-fangled Banner, or some such stuff.
Holmes shot the slide across the front of his lantern and left us in pitch darkness—such an absolute darkness as I have never before experienced.
Other matches
- pitch A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees B2
- pitch To produce a note of a given pitch. B2
- pitch To throw. C2
- pitch To cover or smear with pitch. C2
- pitch Very dark black C2
- pitch The perceived frequency of a sound, note or ele... C2
- pitch around To intentionally throw pitches which are slight...
- pitch in To help out
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