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Synonyms for pitching

Grammar : Verb
Spell : pich-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪtʃ ɪŋ

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Définition of pitching

Origin :
  • "resinous substance, wood tar," late 12c., pich, from Old English pic "pitch," from a Germanic borrowing (cf. Old Saxon and Old Frisian pik, Middle Dutch pik, Dutch pek, Old High German pek, German Pech, Old Norse bik) from Latin pix (genitive picis) "pitch," from PIE root *pi- "sap, juice" (cf. Greek pissa, Lithuanian pikis, Old Church Slavonic piklu "pitch;" see pine (n.)). Applied to pine resins from late 14c. Pitch-black is attested from 1590s; pitch-dark from 1680s.
  • verb throw, hurl
  • verb put up, erect
  • verb dive, roll
Example sentences :
  • Mrs. Blair staggered to her feet, entangled by her skirt, and pitching like a ship at sea.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • If mother Coupeau has left us nothing, it's no reason for pitching her into the ground like a dog.
  • Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
  • We travelled from Merced to this place in our own wagons, pitching our tents every night.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 27, 1880 » by Various
  • Eliot doesn't like me, and he isn't going to let me do any pitching.
  • Extract from : « Rival Pitchers of Oakdale » by Morgan Scott
  • Of course, if he's pitching, ordinarily he'll do as well as he can on his own account.
  • Extract from : « Rival Pitchers of Oakdale » by Morgan Scott
  • There she lay, pitching and tossing very uneasily on the sea.
  • Extract from : « Rollo in Holland » by Jacob Abbott
  • He fancied he had batted all kinds of pitching, but here was something new to him.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Cruise » by Burt L. Standish
  • “All bunkum and wind,” said he, pitching them into a corner.
  • Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • They were in a rage, pitching along in the dark under their heavy loads.
  • Extract from : « A Canyon Voyage » by Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
  • The ship was pitching and tossing worse than she had done yet.
  • Extract from : « A Jolly Fellowship » by Frank R. Stockton

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