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pit[1,noun] pit[2,verb] pit[3,noun] pit[4,verb] American pit bull terrier pit-a-pat pit bull pit bull terrier pit stop pit viper

Main Entry: ¹pit
Pronunciation: pit
Function: noun
Etymology: Old English pytt "pit, hole in the ground"
1 : a hole, shaft, or cavity in the ground <a gravel pit>
2 : an area set off from and often sunken below neighboring areas: as a : an enclosure where animals (as cocks) are set to fight b : the space occupied by an orchestra in a theater
3 a : a hollowed or indented area especially in the surface of the body <the pit of the stomach> b : an indented scar (as from a boil)
4 plural : ³WORST 1 <it's the pits>
5 : any of the areas alongside an auto racetrack used for servicing cars during a race -- often used in plural with the