Timbit

English

Some chocolate Timbits

Etymology

Tim (“Tim Horton's”) +‎ bit.

A brand name: From Tim (the name of Canadian hockey player Tim Horton, and the doughnut shop chain he founded, now Tim Hortons) + bit.

Noun

Timbit (plural Timbits)

1. (Canada) A bite-sized doughnut ball sold at the Canadian Tim Hortons restaurant chain and sometimes jocularly regarded as an icon of Canadian culture.
   • 2003 26 June, Roy MacGregor, "When size definitely matters: How you order a coffee reveals what type of Canadian you are," The Globe and Mail, page A2:

     When colleague John Stackhouse was searching for a title for his lovely book on travelling across Canada, he decided to go with Timbit Nation.

Hypernyms

• donut hole

Coordinate terms

• Munchkin (the same product from Dunkin Donuts)

Derived terms

• timbit (genericization of the trademark, used in Canada to refer to any donut hole ball pastry informally)