high-pitched

comparative higher-pitched · superlative highest-pitched

1. Of a sound, having a high pitch.

   She knew some Dutch and spoke a high-pitched stressless English.

   1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 256

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   With a "peep" from a high-pitched whistle, the train would leave by the crossover to the down line, […].

   1954 March, W. A. Tuplin, “Recollections of the Wirral Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 168

   Synonyms: high, high-pitch, fluty, piping · Antonyms: low, low-pitched

2. Of a steam locomotive boiler, placed higher than usual.

   The 2-6-2s have very high-pitched boilers in order that the grate shall clear the radial axle and also the trailing coupled wheels.

   1960 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 553

3. datedfigurativelyHaughty.