pitched
- adjective
- /pɪtʃt/
- The Intel cooler on the other hand, is high pitched and very distracting.
Succeeds, makes a walking stick with a hidden high pitched whistle inside it.
- Succeeds, makes a walking stick with a hidden high pitched whistle inside it.
- And third, you think of that sound, It's like that really high pitched tenor sound, right?
- The kids voice was more annoying than the father's because it's more annoying to hear a high pitched screech.
- It was high paced, high, high pitched, fast-paced.
- It was using high pitched voice but singing red songs.
- It sounds like a squeaky, high pitched and serious thing.
- And and like, I am letting out the highest pitched.
- No, it's it's like the high pitched one, like he's like, and then that's not true.
Examples
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One difference though, with speaking to pets, you get the repetitive high pitched voice stuff.
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You might just be able to make out a high pitched pulse at that frequency.
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And I did this high pitched laugh and I go, yes.
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And then when I see her, I make this high pitched noise and I'm like, hi, Lily, hi.
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And third, you think of that sound, It's like that really high pitched tenor sound, right?
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The singer reached a pitched note that resonated beautifully in the hall.
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The dog responded to the pitched sound of the whistle from afar.
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He produced a pitched cry that echoed through the concert venue.
Synonyms
Set in a particular musical key like C major
Compounds
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
pitched = pitch (transparent) = pitch + ed
Regular adjectival/past-participle formation from the verb 'pitch' (to set a sound at a certain pitch); learners who know 'pitch' and '-ed' can derive this meaning.
Etymology
Pitched (about sound) comes from the noun pitch, which means the 'high' or 'low' level of a sound, as in 'high-pitched' or 'low-pitched', so a pitched tone is a sound that is set at a particular musical level.