pits

/ pɪts /

plural noun

1. slang,  the worst possible person, place, or thing

Word History and Origins

Origin of pits¹

C20: perhaps shortened from armpits

Example Sentences

The discovery of a series of huge Neolithic pits have been confirmed at the Stonehenge World Heritage Site after initial research a few years ago.

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“Curses and tar pits, and children raised by wolves! Why can’t I have a normal family?”

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It was nearly ten, but all this talk of lethal tar pits and strange illnesses had kept the children riveted.

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One system of cable design would require impossibly deep pits of 60 feet or more, at every site.

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But with Labour’s approval rating in the pits, backbenchers rebelled against the prospect of a rate increase.

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