repitch

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

Verb

  1. To 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. To 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. To 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. To 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...

Origin

From re- + pitch.

Forms

repitches repitching repitched