pits

/ (pɪts) /


pl n
  1. the pits slang the worst possible person, place, or thing

Origin of pits

1
C20: perhaps shortened from armpits

Words Nearby pits

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How to use pits in a sentence

  • The road was execrable; full of holes, pits, and puddles, in which our poor beasts often sank above their knees.

  • Hence it is obvious that great advantage must be derived, especially in rainy districts, from covered manure-pits.

  • She's handsome yet, but her muscles are getting that loose look and her eyes are bottomless pits of ennui.

    Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
  • It is in these latter deposits exclusively that the arenaria, or sand pits, are found.

    The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry Withrow
  • They sink pits in the pathways of their game, covering them with light sticks and leaves and sprinkling earth over the whole.

    Man And His Ancestor | Charles Morris