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repitch

repitch verb: to apply a new coating of pitch (oil and tar distillate) to.

Verb

repitch (third-person singular simple present repitches, present participle repitching, simple past and past participle repitched)

  1. (transitive) To apply a new coating of pitch (oil and tar distillate) to.
    • In many breweries the casks are repitched every time before use.1940, Herbert Lloyd Hind, Brewing: science and practice, Volume 2, page 855
  2. (transitive) To change (a sound) to a different pitch.
    • Sample-based synthesis exploits the ability to repitch by a change of playback rate, to create simulations of existing instruments from digital recordings.2010, Nick Collins, Introduction to Computer Music, page 69
  3. (transitive) To set up (a tent) again.
    • There was no choice but to repitch the tents and radio their failure to cross.1999, Rick Ridgeway, The Last Step: The American Ascent of K2, page 147
  4. (transitive) To propose or promote (an idea) again.
    • For example, if I was trying to repitch an idea to a producer who had already turned it down, I would say something like, "I remember you said you didn't like my idea because there was no women's angle. Well, here's a great one that both of us must have missed during our first conversation."2005, Adams Media, Adams Job Interview Almanac, page 299

Forms of repitch

third-person singular presentrepitches
present participlerepitching
past participlerepitched
pastrepitched

Origin of repitch

From re- + pitch.

Questions about repitch

What does repitch mean?
Repitch means to apply a new coating of pitch (oil and tar distillate) to.
What part of speech is repitch?
Repitch is a verb.
What is the past tense of repitch?
The past tense of repitch is repitched.

Words near repitch in the dictionary

  1. repique
  2. repiqued
  3. repiques
  4. repiquing
  5. repirinast
  6. repitch
  7. repitched
  8. repitches
  9. repitching
  10. repitchings
  11. repitition

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