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pitchpoling

pitchpoling is the present participle and gerund 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 pitchpoling

What is pitchpoling the present participle and gerund of?
Pitchpoling is the present participle and gerund of pitchpole.

Words near pitchpoling in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pitchpoling (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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