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I often do crazy siren noises, or, like, a high-pitched dolphin, just to make sure that all my range is there. I make random noise and blurt out random sounds, to make sure I get rid of any bad nerves. I want to make sure to feel as confident as possible.
Ella Henderson

Meaning of "high-pitched" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HIGH-PITCHED

high-pitched play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HIGH-PITCHED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
High-Pitched is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HIGH-PITCHED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of high-pitched in the English dictionary

The definition of high-pitched in the dictionary is having steeply sloping sides. Other definition of high-pitched is lofty or intense.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HIGH-PITCHED

high-level waste
high-maintenance
high-minded
high-mindedly
high-mindedness
high-muck-a-muck
high-necked
high-octane
high-pass filter
high-performance
high-powered
high-pressure
high-priced
high-principled
high-profile
high-protein
high-ranking
high-resolution
high-rise
high-risk

WORDS THAT END LIKE HIGH-PITCHED

attached
blotched
botched
etched
far-fetched
hand-stitched
low-pitched
mismatched
notched
outstretched
overstretched
patched
pitched
stretched
thatched
unmatched
unpatched
unscratched
unstitched
well-matched
wretched

Synonyms and antonyms of high-pitched in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «HIGH-PITCHED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «high-pitched» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of high-pitched

Translation of «high-pitched» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HIGH-PITCHED

Find out the translation of high-pitched to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of high-pitched from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «high-pitched» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

尖声的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

agudo
570 millions of speakers

English

high-pitched
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनिमेष
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

درجة عالية من المهارة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пронзительный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

agudo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উচ্চ ত্ত তীক্ষ্ন স্বরবিশিষ্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aigu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nada tinggi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hoch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

甲高い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고음의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dhuwur-pitched
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cao thượng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உச்சஸ்தாயியில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उच्च दर्जाचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

acuto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

piskliwy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пронизливий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pițigăiat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υψίσυχνο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoë -frekwensie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

högfrekventa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

høyfrekvent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of high-pitched

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH-PITCHED»

The term «high-pitched» is quite widely used and occupies the 45.500 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HIGH-PITCHED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about high-pitched

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6 QUOTES WITH «HIGH-PITCHED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word high-pitched.
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Corbin Bleu
I can do a really high-pitched cartoon voice. Everybody always say they like that.
2
Chris Colfer
I do better singing female songs because my voice is so high-pitched.
3
Ella Henderson
I often do crazy siren noises, or, like, a high-pitched dolphin, just to make sure that all my range is there. I make random noise and blurt out random sounds, to make sure I get rid of any bad nerves. I want to make sure to feel as confident as possible.
4
Ross Mathews
My voice is so high-pitched, only gay dogs can hear it.
5
Archie Panjabi
I had a dialect coach to get an American accent, and then another dialect coach to come off it a bit. There is something deep and mysterious in the voice when it isn't too high-pitched American.
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Seth Shostak
On Mars, where the air is spare - a hundred times less dense than on Earth - someone could hear you scream. But you'd have to really strain to get anyone's attention. On the Red Planet, where the wind is high-pitched and faint, even a symphony orchestra will sound as thin as cheap gruel.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HIGH-PITCHED»

Discover the use of high-pitched in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to high-pitched and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Biological Psychology
The auditory system uses different kinds of cues for sound localization, depending on whether the sound is low-pitched (less than 1.5 kHz) or high- pitched (more than 3 kHz). Intermediate-pitched sounds are difficult to localize, because the ...
Stephen B. Klein, B. Michael Thorne, 2006
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Interpreting Signs and Symptoms
The acute onset of a high-pitched cry demands emergency treatment to prevent permanent brain damage or death. A change in the volume of one of the brains components — brain tissue, cerebrospinal fluid, and blood — may cause ...
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2007
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Signs and Symptoms
Normal bowel sounds are intermittent, low- to medium-pitched gurgles interspersed with occasional high-pitched, tinkling metallic sounds heard every 10-30 seconds. ln acute intestinal obstruction (usually of the small bowel), bowel sounds ...
Scott Kahan, 2008
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A High-Pitched Buzz
And with rarified parties, Chelsea nightclubs and espresso coffee bars to contend with, it's no less fierce a challenge. Published originally in 1956, A High-Pitched Buzz was Roger Longrigg's first novel.
Roger Longrigg, 2011
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Hands-on Science: Sound, Physical Science (energy)
Use the term pitch to describe a high or low note. A long string on the piano creates a low-pitched note; a short string on the piano creates a high-pitched note. Ask: • Why do you think long strings make low-pitched notes? • Why do short strings ...
‎2001
6
Pretending at Home: Early Development in a Sociocultural Context
Charlie answers, "Uhhuh" and then, gazing at the puzzle, speaks in a high- pitched voice: "Bear, I'm gonna take apart you." His mother queries, "Do you think he's a bear or do you think he's a mouse?" and Charlie replies in his normal voice, ...
Wendy L. Haight, Peggy J. Miller, 1993
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Reading Character at Sight
Katherine M.H. Blackford. often rising at the end of a sentence; the nervous, timid smile, indicated by rather a thin voice, rather high pitched, and a little jerky in modulation and inflection.
Katherine M.H. Blackford, 1918
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The politics of Aristotle: books I-V : a revised text
explain them by saying that the high-pitched Lydian and the high-pitched Ionian or Mixolydian melodies seem to have principally employed the higher part of their compass and to have gone in this direction beyond their proper octave.
Aristotle, 1894
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Greek Musical Writings: Volume 2, Harmonic and Acoustic Theory
Now when things strike against our organ of perception, those that come swiftly and powerfully from the impacts appear high-pitched, while those that come slowly and weakly seem to be low-pitched.47 Thus if someone moves a stick ...
Andrew Barker, 2004
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Phonological Studies
Before a high-pitched syllable, any syllable of the same word apparently displayed a redundant high pitch. The rest of the syllables were low-pitched. There were two prosodic types of words: high-pitched words with one (and never more than ...
De Gruyter, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HIGH-PITCHED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term high-pitched is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ivor Robson, voice of the British Open, retiring after 41 years | Devil …
Ivor Robson, the man with that familiar, lively, high-pitched voice that introduces the players at the British Open, will be manning his position on ... «Yahoo Sports, Jul 15»
2
Marshawn Lynch Stuffs Chicken Wings in his Socks so he Can Eat …
Oh, and then I hear that terrible high-pitched screaming, the ocean turns red, and in spite of all the pounding and hollering they all come in and ... «VICE, Jul 15»
3
Rachel Zoe Launches Fashion Talk Show and Shoppable E-Zine |
That show also broadcast her quirky catchphrases — words such as “bananas,” “die” and “maj,” delivered in Zoe's high-pitched, staccato ... «WWD, Jul 15»
4
Craving machine companionship? Japan's robot hotel is for you …
... such as the weather forecast, and tell the time, turn the lights on or off and wake guests up, all using its high-pitched "kawaii" (cute) voice. «Techworld Australia, Jul 15»
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Food Truck Fest brings 20+ vendors to park - Victoria Advocate …
... make children forget the burning sensation on the bottom of their bare feet - that high-pitched jingle of an ice cream truck a few streets over. «Victoria Advocate, Jul 15»
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Initial report points to engine failure in fatal chopper crash
A second witness at the airpark told investigators he heard a high-pitched squealing noise, “similar to that of an ungreased belt on a car,” ... «Pamplin Media Group, Jul 15»
7
Best Portland Sounds - Willamette Week
Say you're shopping at New Seasons and you hear the distinctive, high-pitched squeals of a toddler. Temper tantrum over Veggie Booty? «Willamette Week, Jul 15»
8
Teens on the Mall: These young people give the Bard a gentle …
... who are lightly caricatured – Wells' bird-like Nurse with her high-pitched nasal tittering; Craig Ela's doddering-professor of a Friar Laurence. «Portland Phoenix, Jul 15»
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Alpacas part of Noble County 4-H world - KPCNews: Kpcnews
When they're in danger they make a high-pitched, shrieking noise. They communicate with other alpacas by humming. This lets the others ... «KPCnews.com, Jul 15»
10
Multicultural 'Romeo and Juliet' pumps 1595 tragedy with new life …
With a high-pitched “little” voice that's both funny yet endearing, SooHoo's Juliet is at first impish and kittenish and, upon meeting Romeo, ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»

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