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pitch collapse: the action or manner of throwing something; "his pitch fell short and his hat landed on the floor"; (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter; an all-fours game in which the first card led is a trump; a high approach shot in golf; the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration; degree of deviation from a horizontal plane; "the roof had a steep pitch"; a vendor's position (especially on the sidewalk); "he was employed to see that his paper's news pitches were not trespassed upon by rival vendors"; any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue; set to a certain pitch; "He pitched his voice very low"; lead (a card) and establish the trump suit; hit (a golf ball) in a high arc with a backspin; erect and fasten; "pitch a tent"; fall or plunge forward; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony"

furtive collapse: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"

bin collapse: a container; usually has a lid; the quantity contained in a bin; store in bins

vat collapse: a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production

apogee collapse: apoapsis in Earth orbit; the point in its orbit where a satellite is at the greatest distance from the Earth; a final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development"

sit tight collapse: maintain the same position; wait it out; "Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight"

harmonic collapse: any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental; a tone that is a component of a complex sound; relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body; "sympathetic vibration"; of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm; "subtleties of harmonic change and tonality"- Ralph Hill; of or relating to the branch of acoustics that studies the composition of musical sounds; "the sound of the resonating cavity cannot be the only determinant of the harmonic response"; of or relating to harmonics

craps collapse: a gambling game played with two dice; a first throw of 7 or 11 wins and a first throw of 2, 3, or 12 loses and a first throw of any other number must be repeated to win before a 7 is thrown, which loses the bet and the dice; when two dice are thrown and both come up showing one spot the results is called `craps' or `snake eyes'

allocution collapse: (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts

plunge collapse: a steep and rapid fall; begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure"; cause to be immersed; "The professor plunged his students into the study of the Italian text"; dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity; "She plunged at it eagerly"; fall abruptly; "It plunged to the bottom of the well"

transfix collapse: pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer"

impale collapse: kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole; "the enemies were impaled and left to die"

emplacement collapse: military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon

nova collapse: a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process

pulsar collapse: a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation

supernova collapse: a star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process

quasar collapse: a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts

slum collapse: a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions; visit slums for entertainment or out of curiosity

tenement collapse: a rundown apartment house barely meeting minimal standards

oration collapse: an instance of oratory; "he delivered an oration on the decline of family values"

capsize collapse: overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!"

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