outpitch

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verb

To pitch better than an opposing pitcher.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

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

present singular third person outpitches · participle present outpitching · participle past outpitched · past outpitched

  1. ball gamesTo 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

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  7. Englishpitch
  8. Englishoutpitch

From out- + pitch.

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APA

outpitch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outpitch

MLA

“outpitch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outpitch. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outpitch,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outpitch.

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