pitch
Noun
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- high, high-pitched - used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
- low, low-pitched - used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
is a type of: sound property - an attribute of soundsubtypes:- concert pitch, international pitch, philharmonic pitch - the pitch used to tune instruments for concert performances; usually assigns 440 Hz to the A above middle C
- high frequency, high pitch - a pitch that is perceived as above other pitches
- soprano, treble - the pitch range of the highest female voice
- tenor - the pitch range of the highest male voice
- key - pitch of the voice
- low frequency, low pitch - a pitch that is perceived as below other pitches
- alto - the pitch range of the lowest female voice
- alto - (of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments
- bass - the lowest part of the musical range
- tone - (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
- tune - the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch
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referred to in: ball, baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runsis a type of: throw - the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)subtypes:
- balk - an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base
- ball - a pitch that is not in the strike zone
- beanball, beaner - a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head
- change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, change-up, off-speed pitch - a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball
- bender, breaking ball, curve, curve ball - a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter
- duster - a pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter
- bullet, fastball, heater, hummer, smoke - (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity
- knuckleball, knuckler - a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin
- overhand pitch - a baseball pitch in which the hand moves above the shoulder
- passed ball - a pitch that the catcher should have caught but did not; allows a base runner to advance a base
- screwball - a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
- sinker - a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate
- spitball, spitter - an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it
- strike - (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders
- submarine ball, submarine pitch - a pitch thrown sidearm instead of overhead
- wild pitch - an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base
same as: delivery -
domain region: britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
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is a type of: packaging, promo, promotion, promotional material, publicity - a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institutionsame as: sales pitch, sales talk
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is a type of: gradient, slope - the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontalsubtypes: loft - (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air
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is a type of: bitumen - any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbonssubtypes: coal tar - a tar formed from distillation of bituminous coal; coal tar can be further distilled to give various aromatic compoundssame as: tar
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is a type of: athletic field, field, playing area, playing field - a piece of land prepared for playing a gamesame as: soccer field
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is a type of: approach, approach shot - a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting greensame as: pitch shot
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is a type of: all fours, high-low-jack - card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or gamesame as: auction pitch
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referred to in: ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight
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is a type of: throw - the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist)
Verb
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is a type of: fling - throw with force or recklessnesssubtypes:
- submarine - throw with an underhand motion
- lag - throw or pitch at a mark, as with coins
- throw back, toss back - throw back with a quick, light motion
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is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
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is a type of: set - put into a certain state; cause to be in a certain state
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subtypes:
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is a type of: move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motionsubtypes: cock - tilt or slant to one side
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same as: set up
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is a type of: throw - propel through the airsame as: deliver
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is a type of: hit - cause to move by striking
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is a type of: play - put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
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is a type of: accommodate, adapt - make fit for, or change to suit a new purposesubtypes: popularise, popularize - make understandable to the general publicsame as: gear
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