Scrabble?! PITCH

Definitions of PITCH in various dictionaries:

noun - the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration

noun - (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter

noun - a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)

noun - promotion by means of an argument and demonstration

noun - degree of deviation from a horizontal plane

noun - any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue

noun - a high approach shot in golf

noun - an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump

noun - abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)

noun - the action or manner of throwing something

verb - throw or toss with a light motion

verb - move abruptly

verb - fall or plunge forward

verb - set to a certain pitch

verb - sell or offer for sale from place to place

verb - be at an angle

verb - heel over

verb - erect and fasten

verb - throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball

verb - hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin

verb - lead (a card) and establish the trump suit

verb - set the level or character of

Any of various thick, dark, sticky substances obtained from the distillation residue of coal tar, wood tar, or petroleum and used for waterproofing, roofing, caulking, and paving.

Any of various natural bitumens, such as mineral pitch or asphalt.

A resin derived from the sap of various coniferous trees, as the pines.

To throw, usually with careful aim.

To discard by throwing: pitched the can out the window.

Baseball.

To throw (the ball) from the mound to the batter.

To play (a game) as pitcher.

To assign as pitcher.

To erect or establish; set up: pitched a tent; pitch camp.

To set firmly; implant; embed: pitched stakes in the ground.

To set at a specified downward slant: pitched the roof at a steep angle.

To set at a particular level, degree, or quality: pitched her expectations too high.

To set the pitch or key of.

To adapt so as to be applicable; direct: pitched his speech to the teenagers in the audience.

To attempt to promote or sell, often in a high-pressure manner: “showed up on local TV to pitch their views” (Business Week).

To hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with backspin so that it does not roll very far after striking the ground.

To lead (a card), thus establishing the trump suit.

To throw or toss something, such as a ball, horseshoe, or bale.

Baseball.

To plunge headlong: He pitched over the railing.

To stumble around; lurch.

To buck, as a horse.

To dip bow and stern alternately.

To oscillate about a lateral axis so that the nose lifts or descends in relation to the tail.

To oscillate about a lateral axis that is both perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and horizontal to the earth.

To slope downward: The hill pitches steeply.

To set up living quarters; encamp; settle.

To hit a golf ball in a high arc with backspin so that it does not roll very far after striking the ground.

The act or an instance of pitching.

Baseball.

A throw of the ball by the pitcher to the batter.

A ball so thrown.

The rectangular area between the wickets in cricket, 22 yards (20.

The alternate dip and rise of the bow and stern of a ship.

The alternate lift and descent of the nose and tail of an airplane.

A steep downward slope.

The degree of such a slope.

Architecture.

The angle of a roof.

The highest point of a structure: the pitch of an arch.

A level or degree, as of intensity: worked at a feverish pitch.

Acoustics.

The relative position of a tone within a range of musical sounds, as determined by this quality.

Any of various standards for this quality associating each tone with a particular frequency.

The distance traveled by a machine screw in a single revolution.

The distance between two corresponding points on adjacent screw threads or gear teeth.

The distance between two corresponding points on a helix.

The distance that a propeller would travel in an ideal medium during one complete revolution, measured parallel to the shaft of the propeller.

Informal.

A line of talk designed to persuade: “[his] pious pitch for... austerity” (Boston Globe).

An advertisement.

The stand of a vender or hawker.

The density of characters in a printed line, usually expressed as characters per inch.

To set to work vigorously.

To attack verbally or physically; assault.

verb - to propel through the air with a movement of the arm