Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, or of the nature of, or resembling pitch; like pitch.
- Smeared with pitch.
- Black; dark; dismal.
- In zoöl., dark-brown inclining toward black; piceous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Partaking of the qualities of pitch; resembling pitch.
- adjective Smeared with pitch.
- adjective Black; pitch-dark; dismal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or resembling
pitch . - adjective Very dark
black ;pitch-black . - adjective music Off pitch;
out of tune .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having the characteristics of pitch or tar
- adjective of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
Etymologies
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Examples
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Almost before he was in, he found he could come up; but he came up slowly, breaking surface in pitchy blackness and feeling about him without splashing.
CHAPTER XIII 2010
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Almost before he was in, he found he could come up; but he came up slowly, breaking surface in pitchy blackness and feeling about him without splashing.
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While McKenzie's voice remains a work in progress - "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson might describe her as "pitchy" - she is focused and remarkably expressive.
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Waved round the coast, up-called a pitchy cloud340
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The night was quite dark, but not what is called pitchy dark.
Driven From Home 1889
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The night was quite dark, but not what is called pitchy dark.
Driven from Home, or Carl Crawford's Experience Horatio Alger 1865
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"Idol" winner David Cook performed his new song "The Last Goodbye" in a manner that Randy Jackson might have described as "pitchy".
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She is a rocker chick, and she has a passable voice, but Steven notes that she was "pitchy," especially when she did a few bars of "Dream On."
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Sir Percy, Ellen The Generous, Kara and Simon all find various ways -- "pitchy" "you went off" and "wasn't a perfect vocal" among them -- to note his off performance, but quickly add:
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Looking back, it's amazing that they were on key, never "pitchy" as they say on "American Idol."
Binky Philips: Dad Takes Me To See The Beatles - August 29th, 1964 2010
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