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PIT,TIP,

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IT,PI,TI,

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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 English pit, pet, püt, from Old English pytt, from Proto-West Germanic *puti, from Latin puteus (“trench, pit, well”), although there are phonetic difficulties.

Noun

pit (plural pits)

  1. A hole in the ground.
  2. (motor racing) An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
  3. (music) The section of a marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to be marched, such as the tam-tam; the front ensemble. Can also refer to the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.
  4. A mine.
  5. (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.
  6. (trading) A trading pit.
  7. (colloquial) Armpit.
  8. (aviation) A luggage hold.
  9. (countable) A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.
  10. The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
  11. The grave, underworld or Hell.
  12. An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
  14. 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.
  15. (gambling) Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.
  16. (in the plural, with the, slang) Only used in the pits.
  17. (slang) A mosh pit.
  18. (American football) The center of the line.
  19. (hospital slang) The emergency department.
  20. (UK, military, slang) A bed.
  21. (informal) An undesirable location, especially an unclean one.
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Verb

pit (third-person singular simple present pits, present participle pitting, simple past and past participle pitted)

  1. (transitive) To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.
  2. (transitive) To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting.
  3. (transitive) To bring (something) into opposition with something else.
    • 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.
  4. (intransitive, motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.
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Etymology 2

From Dutch pit (“kernel, core”), from Middle Dutch pitte, from Proto-Germanic *pittan (compare dialectal German Pfitze (“pimple”)), oblique of Proto-Germanic *piþō. Compare pith.

Noun

pit (plural pits)

  1. (Northern US) A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.
  2. A shell in a drupe containing a seed.
  3. (military) The core of an implosion nuclear weapon, consisting of the fissile material and any neutron reflector or tamper bonded to it.
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Verb

pit (third-person singular simple present pits, present participle pitting, simple past and past participle pitted)

  1. (transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
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Etymology 3

Shortening.

Noun

pit (plural pits)

  1. (informal) A pit bull terrier.
    Synonyms: (informal) pibble, pit bull, (informal) pittie, (pejorative) shitbull, (slang) velvet hippo
Translations

Further reading

  • pit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

  • pit-a-pat (probably etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

  • ITP, PTI, TIP, TPI, tip, tpi

Cahuilla

Noun

pít

  1. road, path, way

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan pit (also pits), from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic *pektos, from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“breast”). Compare Occitan pièch, French pis, Spanish pecho.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈpit]
  • Rhymes: -it

Noun

pit m (plural pits)

  1. breast
    Synonym: mamella
  2. (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
  • espitregar

References

  • “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]

Participle

pit

  1. masculine singular passive participle of pít

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪt/
  • Hyphenation: pit
  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pitte, from Proto-Germanic *pittan (compare dialectal German Pfitze (“pimple”)), oblique of Proto-Germanic *piþō.

Noun

pit m or f (plural pitten, diminutive pitje n)

  1. A seed inside a fruit.
  2. wick (of a candle, lamp or other implement)
    Synonyms: lemmet, lont, wiek
  3. burner (on a stove)
  4. spirit, vigour
    Hij heeft pit. ― He has something going for him.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → English: pit

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pit.

Noun

pit m (plural pits)

  1. (motor racing) pit (refueling station and garage at a race track)
Derived terms

Anagrams

  • tip

Hokkien

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɪt/
  • Rhymes: -pɪt, -ɪt, -t
  • Hyphenation: pit

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥꦶꦠ꧀ (pit), from Dutch fiets.

Noun

pit (plural pit-pit, first-person possessive pitku, second-person possessive pitmu, third-person possessive pitnya)

  1. bicycle
    Synonym: sepeda

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 筆／笔 (pit, “inkbrush”).

Noun

pit (plural pit-pit, first-person possessive pitku, second-person possessive pitmu, third-person possessive pitnya)

  1. calligraphy brush; inkbrush
    Synonym: mopit

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English pit.

Noun

pit (plural pit-pit, first-person possessive pitku, second-person possessive pitmu, third-person possessive pitnya)

  1. (motor racing) pit: An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.

References

Further reading

  • “pit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish pit (“pit, hollow; female pudenda”), possibly related to putte (“pit, hollow”), Latin puteus.

Noun

pit f (genitive singular pite, nominative plural piteanna)

  1. (anatomy) vulva
  2. shell-less crab

Declension

Derived terms

  • piteog f, piteachán m, piteán m (“effeminate man, sissy”)

Related terms

  • faighin (“vagina”)

Mutation

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “pit”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. 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

Romanization

pit

  1. Romanization of ꦥꦶꦠ꧀

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʲit/

Verb

pit

  1. supine of piś

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pit/
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: pit
  • Homophone: PIT

Noun

pit f

  1. genitive plural of pita

Scots

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪt/

Verb

pit (third-person singular simple present pits, present participle pittin, simple past pit, past participle pit)

  1. to put
    Synonym: putt

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish pit (“pit, hollow; female pudenda”), possibly related to putte (“pit, hollow”), Latin puteus.

Noun

pit f (genitive singular pite, plural pitean)

  1. female external genitalia, vulva
  2. (vulgar) cunt, pussy

Mutation

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “pit”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[6], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “pit, (put)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Tocharian B

Etymology

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Noun

pit ?

  1. gall, bile

West Flemish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pit, variant of put, from Old Dutch *putti, from Proto-West Germanic *puti (“a well”).

Noun

pit m

  1. pit
  2. well

Yola

Verb

pit

  1. Alternative form of pidh

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 62

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