pitch-perfect

adjective

pitch-per·​fect ˈpich-ˈpər-fikt How to pronounce pitch-perfect (audio)
: sensitive to or having exactly the right tone or style
a pitch-perfect translation
The political newcomer launched and led a pitch-perfect race over the summer.Mattie Kahn

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Both actors are pitch-perfect in their cat-and-mouse roles. Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024 The pitch-perfect script and impressive acting made for a hilarious, charming, and surprisingly devastating cautionary tale about life, love, and loss. Ew Staff, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2024 Mescal brought his acting intensity to sketches like one about a college student whose parents hate his new pierced ear, a scene about an actor struggling with a commercial for an Italian restaurant, and a pitch-perfect portrayal of his fellow countryman Bono late in the show. Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2024 In these official soundtrack versions (snippets of both are featured in the film’s trailer), Chalamet’s voice doesn’t quite match the gravelly vibrato of Dylan’s (then again, whose could?), but Chalamet makes the songs his own rather than going for pitch-perfect re-creations of the originals. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pitch-perfect 

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pitch-perfect was in 1902

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“Pitch-perfect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pitch-perfect. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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