Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or quality of being pitchy; hence, blackness; darkness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Blackness, as of pitch; darkness.
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- noun
blackness , as ofpitch ;darkness
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Examples
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Despite a little pitchiness at the start of Act II and a loss of some power in the final "Liebestod" compared to my memory, she remains one of my favorites.
Second Coming 2007
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Despite a little pitchiness at the start of Act II and a loss of some power in the final "Liebestod" compared to my memory, she remains one of my favorites.
Archive 2007-04-01 2007
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The Bad - She was so focused on the money note that she slipped into patches of pitchiness during the second half of the song.
YesButNoButYes: Haterade's Idol Anal-ysis (Round of 9) - 4/1/08 2008
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The Bad - The guitar masks his vocal pitchiness all over the place.
YesButNoButYes: Haterade's Idol Anal-ysis (Round of 24 Men) - 2/20/08 2008
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The pitchiness, however, wasn't provided by Blake - it was provided by the back up singers, which were not only awful, they were Sanjaya-level awful.
YesButNoButYes: (American) Idol Thoughts and (Anal)ysis - 5/15/07 2007
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The Bad - He did have to tweak the pitchiness in the first half of the song.
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The Bad - I wanted to see more power from her voice, but she may have been scared off by her pitchiness in the start of the tune.
YesButNoButYes: (American) Idol Thoughts and (Anal)ysis - 5/15/07 2007
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Besides, I'd rather have beer come out of my nose while I laugh hysterically over pitchiness rather than hear another pitch-perfect yet bland performance. stash
bash Dean Francis Alfar 2004
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Besides, I'd rather have beer come out of my nose while I laugh hysterically over pitchiness rather than hear another pitch-perfect yet bland performance. stash
Archive 2004-06-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2004
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That, compounded with nocturnal pitchiness, and you might as well gauge my eyes out, spin me three times, and put me in a sealed crate in the center of the earth.
luvabeans Diary Entry luvabeans 2004
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