pitchout

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noun

A pitch that is intentionally thrown high and outside of the strike zone in order to prevent a stolen base

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Meanings

nounpitchout (plural pitchouts)

plural pitchouts

  1. ball gamesA 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

Origin

From pitch + out.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

outpitch
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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