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pitchpoll

pitchpoll is the alternative form 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.

Forms of pitchpoll

third-person singular presentpitchpolls
present participlepitchpolling
past participlepitchpolled
pastpitchpolled

Questions about pitchpoll

What is pitchpoll the alternative form of?
Pitchpoll is the alternative form of pitchpole.

Words near pitchpoll in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pitchpoll (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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