Definition of "pitchy" [pitch•y]

• Full of or covered with pitch. (adjective)
• Resembling pitch in consistency. (adjective)
• Extremely dark; black. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Almost before he was in, he found he could come up; but he came up slowly, breaking surface in pitchy blackness and feeling about him without splashing."
• "While McKenzie's voice remains a work in progress - "American Idol" judge Randy Jackson might describe her as "pitchy" - she is focused and remarkably expressive."
• "Waved round the coast, up-called a pitchy cloud340"