Meaning

noun the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration

noun (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter

noun a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk)

originFrom Middle English picche, piche, pich, from Old English piċ, from Proto-West Germanic *pik, from Latin pix. Cognate with Ancient Greek πίσσα (píssa, “pitch, tar”), Latin pīnus (“pine”). More at pine. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pik (“pitch, tar”), Dutch pek (“pitch, tar”), German Low German Pick (“pitch, tar”), German Pech (“pitch, tar”), Catalan pega (“pitch”), Spanish pegar (“to stick,…

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