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    pit
    [pit]
    noun
    the pits (plural noun)
    1. a large hole in the ground.
      • a large deep hole from which stones or minerals are dug:
        "a gravel pit"
      • a coal mine:
        "the recent protests over planned pit closures"
      • a sunken area in a workshop floor allowing access to a car's underside.
      • a low or wretched psychological state:
        "spiraling downward into the pit of despair"
      • literary
        (the pit)
        hell.
    2. a hollow or indentation in a surface.
      • a small indentation left on the skin after smallpox, acne, or other diseases; a pockmark.
    3. (pits)
      an area at the side of a track where race cars are serviced and refueled:
      "he had a flat tire when he came into the pits" · "the pit lane"
    4. an orchestra pit.
    5. a part of the floor of an exchange in which a particular stock or commodity is traded, typically by open outcry:
      "pooled commodity funds liquidated positions in the corn and soybean pits" · "the trading pit of the Singapore International Monetary Exchange"
    6. historical
      an enclosure in which animals are made to fight:
      "a bear pit"
    Origin
    Old English pytt, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch put and German Pfütze, based on Latin puteus ‘well, shaft’.
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  1. Something miserable or unpleasant
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    (slang) Something miserable or unpleasant. Doing it once is no fun, but doing it over because you lost your work is the pits.
    Something miserable or unpleasant. "The pits" is an informal phrase used predominantly in American English to describe a situation, person, or place that is extremely unpleasant or the w...
     
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