Phrase Hound found 106 phrases and 67 compound words that contain pitch. The most common are listed below. Open pitch in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 106
- pitch-blackVery dark; without light.
- sales pitchTalk or demonstrations intended to persuade a consumer to make a purchase, especially when vigorously delivered or exaggerated.
- wild pitchA play where the pitcher throws a non-catchable pitch and a runner advances.
- pitch and tossA game played by tossing a coin and calling heads or tails.
- hit-by-pitchAn official scoring play in which a batter is hit by a pitched ball, and is awarded first base as a result, and where the batter is referred to as a hit batsman.
- pitch-darkAbsolutely dark or black; as dark as pitch.
- pitch accentAny of a variety of restricted tone systems that use variations in pitch to give prominence to a syllable or mora within a word. The placement of this tone or the way it is realized can give different meanings to otherwise similar words.
- perfect pitchThe ability to identify a note by name on hearing it, or to re-create a specified note from memory, without the benefit of an externally provided reference pitch.
- relative pitchThe ability to identify or create a given note by comparing it with a reference note and discerning the interval between those two notes.
- pitch-perfectOf a person, able to exactly reproduce a musical note or tune, manner of speaking, etc.
- fever pitchExtreme excitement.
- pitch invasionAn occurrence where spectators at a sports match rush onto the field, usually in celebration, less often in protest.
- elevator pitchA brief and simple sales pitch; a short summary of a business plan, process, or product, and its selling point and value proposition.
- absolute pitchThe exact pitch of a note as established by its rate of vibration based on a standard scale.
- pitch pipeA device much like a harmonica, used to supply a sought pitch.
- concert pitchthe reference pitch to which a group of musical instruments are tuned for a performance
- time of pitchThe moment when the pitcher begins the motion of pitching the ball and, by the rules of the game, has committed himself to throwing the pitch.
- pitch outA pitch which was intentionally thrown outside to the catcher who stands up with the pitch for the purpose of enabling the catcher to throw out a runner.
- pitch upTo arrive; to turn up.
- pitch-potA traditional East Asian game that requires players to throw sticks from a set distance into a large, sometimes ornate, canister.
- pitch darknessIntense darkness with no light whatsoever.
- auction pitchA card game in which the players bid for the privilege of determining or "pitching" the trump suit.
- football pitchA playing field on which the game of football is played.
- Greek pitchSynonym of rosin: A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components.
- pitch bibleA reference document used by screenwriters, with information on characters, settings, and other elements of a project.
Compound words 67
- pitcherOne who pitches (in any sense) anything
- pitchforkAn agricultural hand tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a stack (as on a wagon or haystack, or into a haymow).
- fastpitchA variety of softball in which the ball may be pitched at faster speed.
- slowpitchA variety of softball, in which the ball may not be pitched fast.
- pitchmanA salesman, especially one who aggressively markets wares from a street stall, or a carnival or side show act.
- mispitchTo sing or play one or more notes at the wrong pitch.
- pitchyOf, pertaining to, or resembling pitch.
- pitchstoneA natural glass, rich in microscopic crystallites, formed by the rapid cooling of lava or magma.
- pitchpoleTo capsize end over end, as in heavy surf.
- repitchTo apply a new coating of pitch (oil and tar distillate) to.