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Definition of The pits
1. Noun. Any place of pain and turmoil. "When you're alone Christmas is the pits"
Generic synonyms: Part, Region
Derivative terms: Infernal
Definition of The pits
1. Noun. (idiomatic singulare tantum) Something miserable or unpleasant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of The Pits
Literary usage of The pits
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"The Course of the Gases Through the Pits: Of the two thirty-inch air valves, the
one nearest to the pits is for the two front pits and the other for the two ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"In all the species the pits are disposed in such a compact manner throughout the
... 6), which is unique in the segregation of the pits into groups of 6-13. ..."
3. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1916)
"The peach is universally propagated by means of the pits or seeds. A few are
sometimes secured by budding upon plum or even cherry stocks, but this dwarfs ..."
4. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"The Course of the Oases Through the Pits: Of the two thirty-inch air valves, the
one nearest to the pits is for the two front pits and the other for the two ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1894)
"Besides these pits we found here hearths of the same variation in depth as the
pits, one reaching below the black soil, many on a level with it, ..."
6. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"the pits were in full possession of the assaulting party in lees than ten minutes,
with fifty prisoners, who were at once sent to the rear for safe-keeping, ..."
7. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1781)
"... brine there lay lower than the pits at Droitwich, were commonly dug; ordered
the talc at the bottom of their pits to be funk through : upon which, ..."
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