zit

See also: zīt, žiť, and žít

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

Noun

zit (plural zits)

1. (US, slang) pimple
   • 1968, J. Lawrence Hagen, "Pinball 1959", Generation volume 20–21, page 182:

     I can't help thinking how little good all that working out did him. I think the only thing he ever got out of it was more zits.

   • 1987Adventures 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

pimple

• Esperanto: akno, aknero
• Finnish: näppylä, finni (fi)
• German: Pickel (de) m, Pustel (de) f
• Greek: μπιμπίκι (el) (bimpíki)
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• Hungarian: pattanás (hu), ragya (hu)
• Latvian: pumpa
• Portuguese: espinha (pt) f
• Russian: пры́щ (ru) m (prýšč)

See also

• acne
• blackhead
• pimple
• spot

Anagrams

• tiz

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• 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)

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. (deprecated template usage) first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of zitten
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of zitten

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Middle High German

Etymology

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

Noun

zīt f

1. time

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Ziit, Zit, Zyt
• Central Franconian: Zeck, Zick (Kölsch); Ziet (westernmost and northernmost Ripuarian); Zeit (Moselle Franconian)
• German: Zeit
• Hunsrik: Zeid
• Luxembourgish: Zäit
• Pennsylvania German: Zeit
• Vilamovian: cajt
• Yiddish: צײַט (tsayt)