pitch : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the ability to identify the pitch of a tone
  absolute pitch.
  

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• the resin of Dammara australis. See Kauri.

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• noun an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump
  pitch.
  

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• a resinous substance prepared from the exudation of the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) by melting in hot water and straining through cloth. The genuine Burgundy pitch, supposed to have been first prepared in Burgundy, is rare, but there are many imitations. It has a yellowish brown color, is translucent and hard, but viscous. It is used in medicinal plasters.

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• the resinous exudation of the hemlock tree (Abies Canadensis); hemlock gum.

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• noun the pitch used to tune instruments for concert performances; usually assigns 440 Hz to the A above middle C
  concert pitch; international pitch.
  

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• (Mus.), the standard of pitch used by orchestras, as in concerts, etc.

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• (Gearing), the distance which bears the same relation to the pitch proper, or circular pitch, that the diameter of a circle bears to its circumference; it is sometimes described by the number expressing the quotient obtained by dividing the number of teeth in a wheel by the diameter of its pitch circle in inches; as, 4 pitch, 8 pitch, etc.

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• (Min.), mineral tar, a kind of asphaltum.

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• noun a state of extreme excitement
  
  • the crowd was at fever pitch

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• noun a pitch that is perceived as above other pitches
  high frequency.
  

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• adjective used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
  high.
  
• adjective satellite set at a sharp or high angle or slant
  
  • a high-pitched roof

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• noun the pitch used to tune instruments for concert performances; usually assigns 440 Hz to the A above middle C
  concert pitch; international pitch.
  

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• asphaltum; bitumen.
• bitumen.

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• noun a pitch that is perceived as below other pitches
  low frequency.
  

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• adjective used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency
  low.
  
• adjective satellite set at a low angle or slant
  
  • a low-pitched roof

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• noun a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons
  asphalt.
  

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• . See Bitumen and Asphalt.

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• noun large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine
  Pinus rigida; northern pitch pine.
  

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• noun a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball
  change-of-pace; change-of-pace ball; change-up.
  

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• noun a baseball pitch in which the hand moves above the shoulder
  

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• noun the ability to identify the pitch of a tone
  absolute pitch.
  

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• noun the pitch used to tune instruments for concert performances; usually assigns 440 Hz to the A above middle C
  concert pitch; international pitch.
  

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• noun emphasis that results from pitch rather than loudness
  tonic accent.
  

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• an old aphorism which inculcates ready-money payment, or payment on delivery of goods.

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• a game played by tossing up a coin, and calling "Heads or tails;" hence:To play pitch and toss with (anything)

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• noun a common tropical American clusia having solitary white or rose flowers
  Clusia rosea; strangler fig; Clusia major.
  

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• noun a very dark black
  jet black; soot black; sable; coal black; ebony.
  

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• noun total absence of light
  black; lightlessness; blackness; total darkness.
  
  • they fumbled around in total darkness
  • in the black of night

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• a chain, as one made of metallic plates, adapted for working with a sprocket wheel.

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• (Min.), bituminous coal.

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• noun rise and fall of the voice pitch
  modulation; intonation.
  

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• . See Chuck farthing, under 5th Chuck.

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• verb eat heartily
  dig in.
  
  • The food was placed on the table and the children pitched in

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• verb hit violently, as in an attack
  lace into; lam into; tear into; lay into.
  

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• (Gearing), an ideal line, in a toothed gear or rack, bearing such a relation to a corresponding line in another gear, with which the former works, that the two lines will have a common velocity as in rolling contact; it usually cuts the teeth at about the middle of their height, and, in a circular gear, is a circle concentric with the axis of the gear; the line, or circle, on which the pitch of teeth is measured.

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• (Carp.), the slant of the cutting iron.

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• (Arch.), the inclination or slope of the sides expressed by the height in parts of the span; as, one half pitch; whole pitch; or by the height in parts of the half span, especially among engineers; or by degrees, as a pitch of 30°, of 45°, etc.; or by the rise and run, that is, the ratio of the height to the half span; as, a pitch of six rise to ten run. Equilateral pitch is where the two sloping sides with the span form an equilateral triangle.

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• (Min.), a black homogeneous peat, with a waxy luster.

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• noun large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs; bark is red-brown deeply ridged; an important timber tree
  Pinus palustris; Georgia pine; southern yellow pine; longleaf pine.
  
• noun large three-needled pine of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada; closely related to the pond pine
  Pinus rigida; northern pitch pine.
  

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• (Bot.), any one of several species of pine, yielding pitch, esp. the Pinus rigida of North America.

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• noun a small pipe sounding a tone of standard frequency; used to establish the starting pitch for unaccompanied singing
  

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• a wind instrument used by choristers in regulating the pitch of a tune.

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• (Gearing), the point of contact of the pitch lines of two gears, or of a rack and pinion, which work together.

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• noun a high approach shot in golf
  pitch.
  

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• adjective satellite extremely dark
  pitch-black; black.
  
  • a black moonless night
  • through the pitch-black woods
  • it was pitch-dark in the cellar

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Pitch"-black` adjective

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1. Black as pitch or tar.

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• adjective satellite extremely dark
  pitch-black; black.
  
  • a black moonless night
  • through the pitch-black woods
  • it was pitch-dark in the cellar

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Pitch"-dark` adjective

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1. Dark as a pitch; pitch-black.

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Pitch"-faced` adjective

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1. (Stone Cutting) Having the arris defined by a line beyond which the rock is cut away, so as to give nearly true edges; -- said of squared stones that are otherwise quarry-faced.

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Pitch"-ore` noun

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1. (Min.) Pitchblende.

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• noun a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
  

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• a general battle; a battle in which the hostile forces have fixed positions; in distinction from a skirmish.

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• noun replacing a pitcher in baseball
  

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• noun an assistant baseball coach in charge of pitchers
  

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• noun a wedge used to loft the golf ball over obstacles
  

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• the pitch or tone with which the utterance of a syllable begins. Rush.

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• noun promotion by means of an argument and demonstration
  pitch; sales talk.
  

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• hard, inspissated pitch.

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• noun a pitch thrown sidearm instead of overhead
  submarine ball.
  

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• to set up the tents or huts of a camp.

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• to attack; to assault; to abuse. Slang

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• to be careless or trust to luck about it.

  "To play pitch and toss with the property of the country." G. Eliot.

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Tough"-pitch` noun

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1. (Metal.) (a) The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper. (b) Copper so reduced; -- called also tough-cake.

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• . (Mining) See under Tributer. Eng.

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• noun propeller for which the angle of the blades is adjustable
  

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• noun an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base
  

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