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pitch out

pitch out noun: a 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.

Noun

pitch out

  1. A 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.
    • The pitch out enabled the catcher to throw out the runner.

Verb

pitch out (third-person singular simple present pitches out, present participle pitching out, simple past and past participle pitched out)

  1. (intransitive) To intentionally throw the ball outside to the catcher who stands up with the pitch for the purpose of enabling the catcher to throw out a runner
    • Jones pitched out twice to no avail.

Forms of pitch out

third-person singular presentpitches out
present participlepitching out
past participlepitched out
pastpitched out

Questions about pitch out

What does pitch out mean?
Pitch out means a 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.
What part of speech is pitch out?
Pitch out can be a noun or a verb.

Words near pitch out in the dictionary

  1. pitch marks
  2. pitch mining
  3. pitch moth
  4. pitch moths
  5. pitch on
  6. pitch out
  7. pitch peat
  8. pitch perfect
  9. pitch pine
  10. pitch pines
  11. pitch pipe

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