repitch

present singular third person repitches · participle present repitching · participle past repitched · past repitched

1. transitiveTo apply a new coating of pitch (oil and tar distillate) to.

   In many breweries the casks are repitched every time before use.

   1940, Herbert Lloyd Hind, Brewing: science and practice, Volume 2, page 855

2. transitiveTo change (a sound) to a different pitch.

   Sample-based synthesis exploits the ability to repitch by a change of playback rate, to create simulations of existing instruments from digital recordings.

   2010, Nick Collins, Introduction to Computer Music, page 69

3. transitiveTo set up (a tent) again.

   There was no choice but to repitch the tents and radio their failure to cross.

   1999, Rick Ridgeway, The Last Step: The American Ascent of K2, page 147

4. transitiveTo propose or promote (an idea) again.

   For example, if I was trying to repitch an idea to a producer who had already turned it down, I would say something like, "I remember you said you didn't like my idea because there was no women's angle. Well, here's a great one that both of us must have missed during our first conversation."

   2005, Adams Media, Adams Job Interview Almanac, page 299