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How to pronounce pitch in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms gear
Type of accommodate, adapt
Has types popularise, popularize


She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience.
Type Words
Synonyms tar
Type of bitumen
Has types coal tar
Derivation pitchy
Type Words
Synonyms lurch, pitching
Type of motility, move, motion, movement
Has types sway, careen, tilt, rock


the pitching and tossing was quite exciting.
Type Words
Synonyms sales pitch, sales talk
Type of promotion, publicity, packaging, promo, promotional material
Type Words
Synonyms auction pitch
Type of high-low-jack, all fours
Type Words
Synonyms soccer field
Type of playing area, athletic field, playing field, field
Type Words
Synonyms deliver
Type of throw
Derivation pitcher


The pitcher delivered the ball.
Type Words
Synonyms cant, cant over, slant, tilt
Type of move
Has types cock
Type Words
Synonyms incline, slope
Type of tilt, tip, lean, angle, slant
Has types fall, stoop, ascend, climb, dip
Type Words
Synonyms hawk, huckster, monger, peddle, vend
Type of trade, deal, sell
Type Words
Synonyms set up
Type of erect, rear
Has types camp, camp down


pitch a tent.
Type Words
Synonyms lurch, shift
Type of move
Derivation pitching
Type Words
Synonyms pitch shot
Type of approach shot, approach
Type Words
Synonyms delivery
Type of throw
Has types breaking ball, balk, ball, beanball, beaner, bender, bullet, change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, change-up, curve, curve ball, duster, fastball, heater, hummer, knuckleball, knuckler, off-speed pitch, overhand pitch, passed ball, screwball, sinker, smoke, spitball, spitter, strike, submarine ball, submarine pitch, wild pitch
Type Words
Synonyms rake, slant
Type of gradient, slope
Has types loft


the roof had a steep pitch.
Type Words
Synonyms flip, sky, toss
Type of fling
Has types toss back, throw back, submarine, lag
Type Words
Type of place, position


he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors.
Type Words
Type of go down, descend, come down, fall


She pitched over the railing of the balcony.
Type Words
Type of hit
Type Words
Type of play
Type Words
Type of set


He pitched his voice very low.
Type Words
Type of throw


his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor.
Type Words
Type of sound property
Has types alto, tenor, international pitch, philharmonic pitch, low frequency, high pitch, key, bass, concert pitch, tone, soprano, treble, tune, high frequency, low pitch

Examples of pitch

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Hannah Graham followed by getting hit with a pitch, driving in the go-ahead run.
From the dailyherald.com
Ehrlich crushed a pitch over the center field fence to make it 1-0 in the first.
From the stltoday.com
Thomson always insisted he did not know what pitch was coming when he connected.
From the kansas.com
After a four-pitch first inning, he labored at times but allowed minimal damage.
From the kansas.com
McDonald is slated to pitch in a minor league game or a simulated game Saturday.
From the post-gazette.com
Ryan Strieby followed with a single to center and got to second on a wild pitch.
From the freep.com
Schweinsteiger and Podolski used to be a great double act, on and off the pitch.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
I just like to stick to the pitch, and the problem was we didn't play very well.
From the edition.cnn.com
Grace's screams were ear-splitting as we zoomed through two pitch-black tunnels.
From the suntimes.com
More examples
  • The property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration
  • Flip: throw or toss with a light motion; "flip me the beachball"; "toss me newspaper"
  • (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
  • Lurch: move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"
  • A vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk); "he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors"
  • Fall or plunge forward; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony"
  • In rock climbing and ice climbing, a pitch is a steep section of a route that requires a rope between two belays, as part of a climbing system. ...
  • Pitch is an American trick-taking card game derived from the English game of All Fours (Seven Up). Historically, Pitch started as "Blind All Fours", a very simple All Fours variant that is still played in England as a pub game. ...
  • In the game of cricket, the cricket pitch consists of the central strip of the cricket field between the wickets - 1 chain or 22 yards (20.12 m) long and 10 feet (3 m) wide. ...