"pitch woo" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pitches woo [present, singular, third-person], pitching woo [participle, present], pitched woo [participle, past], pitched woo [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pitch woo (third-person singular simple present pitches woo, present participle pitching woo, simple past and past participle pitched woo)
  1. (dated) To court; to make romantic advances. Tags: dated Synonyms: woo Synonyms (to court): solicit
    Sense id: en-pitch_woo-en-verb-J9ry4igz Disambiguation of 'to court': 100 0
  2. To flatter.
    Sense id: en-pitch_woo-en-verb-2915pBit Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1969, Merle Haggard, Okie from Muskogee:",
          "text": "We don't make a party out of lovin' / We like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo",
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        "To court; to make romantic advances."
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        "(dated) To court; to make romantic advances."
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        "To flatter."
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        "To court; to make romantic advances."
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        "(dated) To court; to make romantic advances."
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        "To flatter."
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      "sense": "to court",
      "word": "solicit"
    },
    {
      "word": "woo"
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