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outpitch

outpitch verb: to pitch better than an opposing pitcher.

Verb

outpitch (third-person singular simple present outpitches, present participle outpitching, simple past and past participle outpitched)

  1. To pitch better than an opposing pitcher.
    • He beat the Yankees, 4-2, at Yankee Stadium in Game 2, outpitched Whitey Ford in a 1-0 victory in Game 5 in Milwaukee, and then, pitching on two days’ rest because Spahn had the flu, threw a 5-0 shutout at Yankee Stadium in Game 7.2007 February 7, Richard Goldstein, “Lew Burdette, Masterful Pitcher, Dies at 80”, in New York Times

Forms of outpitch

third-person singular presentoutpitches
present participleoutpitching
past participleoutpitched
pastoutpitched

Origin of outpitch

From out- + pitch.

Questions about outpitch

What does outpitch mean?
Outpitch means to pitch better than an opposing pitcher.
What part of speech is outpitch?
Outpitch is a verb.
What is the past tense of outpitch?
The past tense of outpitch is outpitched.

Words near outpitch in the dictionary

  1. outpiping
  2. outpiss
  3. outpissed
  4. outpisses
  5. outpissing
  6. outpitch
  7. outpitched
  8. outpitches
  9. outpitching
  10. outpizza
  11. outpizza'd

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