to pitch up and down
51down — I [[t]daʊn[/t]] adv. 1) from higher to lower; toward or into a lower position or level: Tell him to come down[/ex] 2) on or to the ground, floor, or the like: to fall down[/ex] 3) to or in a sitting or lying position 4) to an area or district… …
52down — Synonyms and related words: COD, Vandyke, actively, adown, ailing, air, alkali flat, all up with, alluvial plain, anthill, backset, bad, barrow, basin, beard, beat, beaten, beaver, bedfast, bedridden, below, below par, best, bested, blow down,… …
53pitch into — Synonyms and related words: accept, ambush, assail, assault, assume, attack, attempt, blitz, buckle to, bushwhack, come at, come down on, crack down on, descend on, descend upon, dive into, draw first blood, embark in, embark upon, endeavor,… …
54down the line — I. adverb (or adjective) 1. : to or toward the center of town : downtown 2. : all the way : fully, completely are prepared to back the president down the line II …
55pitch in — Synonyms and related words: attack, begin, blast away, blast off, break bread, buckle down, commence, count calories, diet, dive in, dive into, eat, enter on, enter upon, fall to, fare, feed, get busy, get cracking, get going, get to, get with it …
56pitch axis — The lateral axis of an aircraft or the axis about which an aircraft pitches in a nose up or nose down. See axes and pitch (i) …
57pitch bucking — Phenomena in which a canard fore plane stalls, pushing the nose down. This nose down movement reduces the angle of attack, resulting in the aircraft recovering from the stall and the nose pitching back. This process is repeated again and again …
58pitch-and-toss — /pich euhn taws , tos /, n. a game in which players toss coins at a mark, the person whose coin hits closest to the mark tossing all the coins in the air and winning all those that come down heads up. [1800 10] * * * …
59pitch-and-toss — /pɪtʃ ən ˈtɒs/ (say pich uhn tos) noun a game in which players throw coins at a mark, the most accurate player then being allowed to toss all the coins and keep those which come down heads up …
60Concert 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… …
