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  • 1Pitch Black — may refer to: * Pitch Black (film), a 2000 science fiction movie * Pitch Black (band), a New Zealand electronica band * Pitch Black (rap group), a hip hop group known for their song It s All Real * Pitch Black and Pitch Black II, varieties of the …

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  • 2pitch — pitch1 pitchable, adj. /pich/, v.t. 1. to erect or set up (a tent, camp, or the like). 2. to put, set, or plant in a fixed or definite place or position. 3. to throw, fling, hurl, or toss. 4. Baseball. a. to deliver or serve (the ball) to the… …

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  • 3soft — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sōfte, alteration of sēfte; akin to Old High German semfti soft Date: before 12th century 1. a. pleasing or agreeable to the senses ; bringing ease, comfort, or quiet < the soft influences&#8230; …

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  • 4Soft pedal — The soft pedal is the pedal at the left under the keyboard of the grand piano The soft pedal (or una corda pedal) is one of the standard pedals on a piano, generally placed leftmost among the pedals. On a grand piano this pedal shifts the whole&#8230; …

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  • 5soft — Synonyms and related words: Mickey Mouse, accented, accepting, adoring, affectionate, afraid, alveolar, anemic, apical, apico alveolar, apico dental, articulated, assimilated, asthenic, at peace, baccate, back, balmy, barely audible, barytone,&#8230; …

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  • 6soft shoe — 1. noun a) A kind of tap dancing performed in soft soled shoes, popular in vaudeville. Between Mr. OConnor and Mr. Newley theres a delightful exhibition of the dances and their origin dating gack a few hundred years, from the clog to the buck,&#8230; …

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  • 7soft sell — n. a polite attempt to sell something; a very gentle sales pitch. □ Some people won’t bother listening to a soft sell. You gotta let them know you believe in hat you are selling. □ I tried the soft sell, but that didn’t work …

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  • 8Pitch —    (Gen. 6:14), asphalt or bitumen in its soft state, called slime (Gen. 11:3; 14:10; Ex. 2:3), found in pits near the Dead Sea (q.v.). It was used for various purposes, as the coating of the outside of vessels and in building. Allusion is made&#8230; …

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  • 9Concert pitch — refers to the pitch reference to which a group of musical instruments are tuned for a performance. Concert pitch may vary from ensemble to ensemble, and has varied widely over musical history. This is also referred to as the reference frequency&#8230; …

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  • 10tough pitch — noun 1. : the exact state or quality of texture and consistency of refined and remelted copper containing about 0.02 to 0.05 percent oxygen 2. also tough cake : copper having the quality of tough pitch * * * Metall. the state of refined copper&#8230; …

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