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You can make 4 words from zit according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of zit

zit izt zti tzi itz tiz

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Definitions and meaning of zit

zit

Etymology

Uncertain origin, first attested as 1960s North American English slang. Compare English chit (“pimple, wart”), German Zitze (“teat, nipple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

zit (plural zits)

1. (Canada, US, slang) pimple
   • 1987 Adventures in Babysitting, 00:06:35:

     Brad: Sara, did you take my Clearasil again? Sara: I ran out of brown (paint). Brad: Great. How am I supposed to cover up my zits?

Synonyms

• acker, akker (Archaic Australian slang)

Derived terms

• zitso
• zitty

Translations

See also

• acne
• blackhead
• pimple
• spot

Anagrams

• tiz

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɪt/
• Hyphenation: zit
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

From zitten.

Noun

zit m (plural zitten, diminutive zitje n)

1. the act of sitting
2. (Belgium, by extension) an exam term at university or an institution of intermediate tertiary education
3. seat
4. (by extension) a seat in a legislative or regulatory group (e.g. in a parliament or a board)
5. (Suriname, always in the diminutive) a small social gathering at someone's home

Synonyms

• (the act of sitting): zitting
• (exam term): zittijd
• (seat): zetel, zeet
• (seat in a group): zetel, zitje

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zit

1. inflection of zitten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German zīt, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dīti- (“time, period”), from *dī- (“time”).

Noun

zît f

1. time

Declension

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Ziit, Zit, Zyt
• Bavarian:

  Cimbrian: zait

  Mòcheno: zait

• Central Franconian: Zeck, Zick; Ziet; Zeit
• East Central German:

  Vilamovian: cajt

• East Franconian:
• German: Zeit
• Hunsrik: Zeid
• Luxembourgish: Zäit
• Pennsylvania German: Zeit
• Yiddish: צײַט (tsayt)

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “zît”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke‎^[2], Stuttgart: S. Hirzel

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dīti- (“time, period”), from *dī- (“time”).

Noun

zīt f

1. time

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle High German: zīt
  • Alemannic German: Ziit, Zit, Zyt
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: zait

    Mòcheno: zait

  • Central Franconian: Zeck, Zick; Ziet; Zeit
  • East Central German:

    Vilamovian: cajt

  • East Franconian:
  • German: Zeit
  • Hunsrik: Zeid
  • Luxembourgish: Zäit
  • Pennsylvania German: Zeit
  • Yiddish: צײַט (tsayt)

Paipai

Noun

zit

1. day

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɪt/

Verb

zit (present participle zitheen)

1. to sit

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 131