pit

Definition

  • noun: a hole in the ground usually made by digging
  • noun: a hole, shaft, or cavity in the ground
  • usually plural
  • synonyms: stone, indentation, pitfall

Examples

  • Tonight's game will 'pit' Smith 'against' Johnson for the championship. [=Smith will be playing against Johnson for the championship in tonight's game]

  • The game requires you to 'pit your wits against' the computer. [=to use your wits to try to defeat the computer]

  • I usually like her movies, but her most recent one is really 'the pits'! [=her most recent one is terrible]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) ...about the things you could've done without me, and I have no right? - It's just I put a lot of work into this yard. - Did you? Really? Like the barbeque pit? Yeah. Yeah. The way I remember that is that you spent about an hour working on it... ...and then you spent the next two days (..)
    2009 17 Again