pitch accent
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noun
(in languages such as Ancient Greek or modern Swedish) an accent in which emphatic syllables are pronounced on a higher musical pitch relative to other syllablesAlso called: tonic accent
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pit boss, pit bull, pit bull terrier, Pitcairn Island, pitch, pitch accent, pitch-and-putt, pitch-and-run shot, pitch-and-toss, pitchbend, pitch-black
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