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pitchpoles

pitchpoles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pitchpole.

Meaning of pitchpole

Verb

pitchpole (third-person singular simple present pitchpoles, present participle pitchpoling, simple past and past participle pitchpoled)

  1. To capsize end over end, as in heavy surf.
    • Pitchpoling is the most dangerous way a boat can capsize.

Questions about pitchpoles

What is pitchpoles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pitchpoles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pitchpole.

Words near pitchpoles in the dictionary

  1. pitchpines
  2. pitchpipe
  3. pitchpipes
  4. pitchpole
  5. pitchpoled
  6. pitchpoles
  7. pitchpoling
  8. pitchpoll
  9. pitchpolled
  10. pitchpolling
  11. pitchpolls

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pitchpoles (page history and authors); pitchpole (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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