pitching
noun
- The act of throwing
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ɪŋ/
noun
- The act of throwing or casting.
“wild pitching in baseball”
- The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone.
“All this testifies to that yearning for green fields and rural sports which a life amidst bricks, pavements and pitching-stones”
- A facing of stone laid upon a bank to prevent wear by tides or currents.
verb
- present participle and gerund of pitch
“As the pilot fought the hijackers for control the aeroplane was pitching wildly.”