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pitchout

pitchout noun: a pitch that is intentionally thrown high and outside of the strike zone in order to prevent a stolen base.

Noun

pitchout (plural pitchouts)

  1. A pitch that is intentionally thrown high and outside of the strike zone in order to prevent a stolen base
    • The only thing that had kept the bases from being loaded was that Zimmer (or someone, but let's give him the credit because it was a tough weekend for him) caught the Dodgers stealing with a pitchout on a hit-and-run.1988 July 22, Ted Cox, “The Sports Section”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of pitchout

pluralpitchouts

Origin of pitchout

From pitch + out.

Questions about pitchout

What does pitchout mean?
Pitchout means a pitch that is intentionally thrown high and outside of the strike zone in order to prevent a stolen base.
What part of speech is pitchout?
Pitchout is a noun.
What is the plural of pitchout?
The plural of pitchout is pitchouts.

Words near pitchout in the dictionary

  1. pitchmeter
  2. pitchmeters
  3. pitchnut
  4. pitchometer
  5. pitchometers
  6. pitchout
  7. pitchouts
  8. pitchpenny
  9. pitchpeople
  10. pitchperson
  11. pitchpersons

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