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pitching around

pitching around is the present participle and gerund of pitch around.

Meaning of pitch around

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To intentionally throw pitches which are slightly out of the strike zone, hoping that the batter will swing wildly at a pitch, but assuming that you will walk him
    • Jones pitched around the slugger.

Questions about pitching around

What is pitching around the present participle and gerund of?
Pitching around is the present participle and gerund of pitch around.

Words near pitching around in the dictionary

  1. pitchiness
  2. pitching
  3. pitching a tantrum
  4. pitching a tent
  5. pitching and paying
  6. pitching around
  7. pitching camp
  8. pitching in
  9. pitching into
  10. pitching on
  11. pitching out

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