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high-pitched

[ hahy-picht ]

adjective

  1. Music. played or sung at a high pitch.
  2. emotionally intense:

    a high-pitched argument.

  3. (of a roof ) having an almost vertical slope; steep.


high-pitched

adjective

  1. pitched high in volume or tone See high
  2. (of a roof) having steeply sloping sides
  3. (of an argument, style, etc) lofty or intense
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of high-pitched1

First recorded in 1585–95
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But there's another sound cutting through the trees of the Zambian bush - the unmistakable high-pitched whine of a bitcoin mine.

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The voice could grumble and soar, scraping the deepest recesses of evil and reaching the high-pitched cajoling of a championship schemer.

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The high-pitched electronic beep is usually only heard during foggy conditions, most clearly at Land's End, and also by residents of places around the coast including Sennen and Cape Cornwall.

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“Why do people think that sweet is round … that bitter is angular and sour is high-pitched?”

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The high-pitched plea does indeed loop daily across the capital as the recyclers make their rounds in pickups packed with junk.

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