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pit

vulva

Etymology:

  • From Middle English pit, pet, püt, from Old English pytt, from Proto-Germanic *putjaz, from Latin puteus, from Proto-Indo-European *pewǝ-. Cognate with West Frisian pet, Saterland Frisian Put, Dutch put, German Pfütze, Danish pyt, Icelandic pyttur.
  • From Dutch pit, from Middle Dutch pitte, from Proto-Germanic *pittan ), oblique of Proto-Germanic *piþō. Compare pith.
  • Shortening.
  • From Old Occitan, from Latin pectus, from Proto-Italic *pektos, from Proto-Indo-European *peg. Compare Italian petto, Portuguese peito, Romanian piept, Spanish pecho.
  • Forrowed from English pit.
  • From Old Irish pit, possibly related to putte, Latin puteus.
  • From Dutch fiets.
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Additional definitions for 'pit':

pitA hole in the ground.
pitAn area at a motor racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
pitA 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.
pitA mine.
pitA 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.
pitA trading pit.
pitSomething particularly unpleasant.
pitThe bottom part of.
pitArmpit, oxter.
pitA luggage hold.
pitA small surface hole or depression, a fossa.
pitThe indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
pitThe grave, or underworld.
pitAn enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
pitFormerly, 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.
pitPart of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.
pitTo make pits in.
pitTo put (a dog) into a pit for fighting.
pitTo bring (something) into opposition with something else.
pitTo return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.
pitA seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.
pitA shell in a drupe containing a seed.
pitTo remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
pitroad, path, way
pitbreast
pitA seed inside a fruit.
pitburner (on a stove)
pitspirit, vigour
pitvagina
pitrafsi of plita.
pitto put
pitfemale external genitalia, vulva
pitcunt, pussy
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