pit
English
/ˈpɪt/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
- An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
- 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.
- (in the plural) .
- (slang) A mosh pit.
- (law enforcement) 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.
- (hospital slang) The emergency department.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pit inherited from Old English pytt inherited from *puti derived from Latin puteus (well, pit, trench, dungeon).
Origin
Latin
puteus
Gloss
well, pit, trench, dungeon
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
井
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adder English
- arm English
- armpit English
- armpitted English
- ash English
- ashpit English
- board English
- catch English
- catchpit English
- chalk English
- chalkpit English
- coal English
- coalpit English
- cock English
- cockpit English
- fall English
- fire English
- firepit English
- frame English
- gong English
- gongpit English
- gun English
- gun pit English
- head English
- hole English
- house English
- marl English
- marlpit English
- master English
- micropit English
- mosh English
- mosh pit English
- nanopit English
- pit adder English
- pit frame English
- pit stop English
- pitboard English
- pitfall English
- pitful English
- pithead English
- pithouse English
- pitless English
- pitman English
- pitmaster English
- pitsaw English
- pitter English
- pittite English
- pitwheel English
- pock English
- pockpit English
- pot English
- pothole English
- potholed English
- potholer English
- potholing English
- puteal English
- sand English
- sandpit English
- saw English
- sawpit English
- shit English
- shitpit English
- snow English
- snowpit English
- stone English
- stonepit English
- stop English
- tan English
- tanpit English
- tar English
- tarpit English
- tear English
- tearpit English
- wheel English
- wheelpit English
- whirl English
- whirlpit English
- puteus Latin
- subputeāre Latin
- Cockpit German
- pozzo Italian
- cockpit French
- empozar Spanish, Castilian
- pocillo Spanish, Castilian
- pozo Spanish, Castilian
- pozuelo Spanish, Castilian
- *paw- Proto-Indo-European
- cockpit Norwegian Bokmål
- pått Swedish
- cockpit Norwegian Nynorsk
- pytt Old English
- armpitt Middle English
- gonge-put Middle English
- pit Middle English
- pot Middle English
- sandpitte Middle English
- whirl-pit Middle English
- kokpit Czech
- puis Old French
- pou Catalan, Valencian
- puț Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- pfuzzi Old High German
- puteo Ido
- pit Old Irish
- poso Tagalog
- *puti gmw-pro
- *putti Old Dutch
- poço Old Portuguese
- putti Old Saxon
- puts Aromanian
- potz Occitan
- pozu Asturian
- poç Friulian
- arm
- pot
- gun
- tan
- tar
- ash
- saw
- fall
- fire
- sand
- cock
- marl
- gong
- stop
- tear
- head
- shit
- snow
- mosh
- hole
- coal
- pock
- adder
- wheel
- chalk
- catch
- whirl
- frame
- stone
- board
- house
- pitful
- puteal
- ashpit
- pitsaw
- master
- sawpit
- tanpit
- armpit
- pitman
- pitter
- tarpit
- marlpit
- sandpit
- gongpit
- pithead
- tearpit
- gun pit
- coalpit
- pockpit
- snowpit
- firepit
- cockpit
- pothole
- pitfall
- nanopit
- pitless
- shitpit
- pittite
- pithouse
- stonepit
- potholer
- wheelpit
- catchpit
- pit stop
- micropit
- pitwheel
- whirlpit
- pitboard
- chalkpit
- mosh pit
- potholed
- potholing
- pit adder
- armpitted
- pit frame
- pitmaster