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Definitions and meaning of pit
pit
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /pɪt/, [pʰɪʔt]
Rhymes: -ɪt
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishpit, pet, püt, from Old Englishpytt, from Proto-West Germanic*puti, from Latinputeus(“trench, pit, well”).
Noun
pit (pluralpits)
A hole in the ground.
(motor racing) An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
(music) A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.
A mine.
(archaeology) A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement.
(trading) A trading pit.
The bottom part of something.
(colloquial) Armpit.
(aviation) A luggage hold.
(countable) A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.
The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
The grave, or underworld.
1611, Bible, Job xxxiii. 18 (KJV).
He keepeth back his soul from the pit.
An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
as fiercely as two game-cocks in the pit
Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.
(gambling) Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.
(slang) A pit bull terrier.
I'm taking one of my pits to the vet on Thursday.
(in the plural, with the, slang)Only used in the pits.
(slang) A mosh pit.
(law enforcement, usually used with "maneuver") A maneuver by which a police officer, by use of a police car, nudges the vehicle of a fleeing suspect enough for the suspect's vehicle to lose control and become disabled so the police officer can catch and apprehend the suspect.
The fissile core of a nuclear weapon, commonly made of plutonium surrounded by high-explosive lenses.
pit (third-person singular simple presentpits, present participlepitting, simple past and past participlepitted)
(transitive) To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.
Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.
(transitive) To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting.
(transitive) To bring (something) into opposition with something else.
Are you ready to pit your wits against one of the world's greatest puzzles?
2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]
For the 75 years since a district rebellion was put down, The Games have existed as an assertion of the Capital’s power, a winner-take-all contest that touts heroism and sacrifice—participants are called “tributes”— while pitting the districts against each other.
2017 August 25, Aukkarapon Niyomyat & Panarat Thepgumpanat, "Thai junta seeks Yingluck's arrest as former PM skips court verdict", in reuters.com, Reuters
That movement, pitted against a Bangkok-centered royalist and pro-military elite, has been at the heart of years of turmoil.
2017 August 25, "Arrest threat as Yingluck Shinawatra misses verdict", in aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera
Thaksin's ouster triggered years of upheaval and division that has pitted a poor, rural majority in the north that supports the Shinawatras against royalists, the military and their urban backers.
(intransitive, motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.
Translations
Etymology 2
From Dutchpit(“kernel, core”), from Middle Dutchpitte, from Proto-Germanic*pittan (compare dialectal GermanPfitze(“pimple”)), oblique of Proto-Germanic*piþō. Compare pith.
Noun
pit (pluralpits)
A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.
A shell in a drupe containing a seed.
The core of an implosion weapon, consisting of the fissile material and any neutron reflector or tamper bonded to it.
Translations
Verb
pit (third-person singular simple presentpits, present participlepitting, simple past and past participlepitted)
(transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
Translations
Etymology 3
Shortening.
Noun
pit (pluralpits)
(informal) A pit bull terrier.
Translations
Further reading
pit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
PTI, TIP, TPI, tip, tpi
Cahuilla
Noun
pít
road, path, way
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan, from Latinpectus, from Proto-Italic*pektos, from Proto-Indo-European*peg(“breast”). Compare Italianpetto, Portuguesepeito, Romanianpiept, Spanishpecho.
Pronunciation
(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈpit/
Rhymes: -it
Noun
pitm (pluralpits)
breast
Synonym:mamella
(castells) force to support the castell, provided by the castellers in the pinya by pressing their chest onto the back of the casteller in front of them
Related terms
apitrar
Further reading
“pit” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“pit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈpɪt]
Verb
pit
masculine singular passive participle of pít
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pɪt/
Hyphenation: pit
Rhymes: -ɪt
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutchpit. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
pitm or f (pluralpitten, diminutivepitjen)
A seed inside a fruit.
wick(of a candle, lamp or other implement)
Synonyms:lemmet, lont, wiek
burner (on a stove)
spirit, vigour
Derived terms
gaspit
kaarsenpit
lampenpit
pittig
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Englishpit.
Noun
pitm (pluralpits)
(racing)pit(refueling station and garage at a race track)
Derived terms
pitpoes
pitstop
pitstraat
Anagrams
tip
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irishpit(“pit, hollow; female pudenda”), possibly related to putte(“pit, hollow”), Latinputeus.
"pit" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “pit, (put)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Entries containing “vulva” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “pit” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Javanese
Etymology
From Dutchfiets(“bicycle”)
Noun
pit
bicycle
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pʲit/
Verb
pit
supine of piś
Min Nan
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pʲit/
Noun
pitf
genitive plural of pita
Scots
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pɪt/
Verb
pit (third-person singular presentpits, present participlepittin, pastpit, past participlepit)
to put
Synonyms
putt
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irishpit(“pit, hollow; female pudenda”), possibly related to putte(“pit, hollow”), Latinputeus.
Noun
pitf (genitive singularpite, pluralpitean)
female external genitalia, vulva
(vulgar) cunt, pussy
References
“pit” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, →ISBN.
Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “pit, (put)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Tocharian B
Noun
pit
gall, bile
West Flemish
Etymology
From Middle Dutchpit, variant of put, from Old Dutch*putti, from Proto-West Germanic*puti, from Latinputeus.