Goit

//ɡɔɪt// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small artificial channel carrying water. Usually used with respect to channels built to feed mills. UK

    "We use watter as goes daan t'goit yonder for t'grinnelstuns."

  2. 2
    A fool. derogatory, informal

Example

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"We use watter as goes daan t'goit yonder for t'grinnelstuns."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English gote (“channel, stream”), from Old English *gotu (“channel, gutter, drain”), from Proto-Germanic *gutō (“gutter, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Cognate with Scots gote, goit, goate (“trench, ditch, watercourse”), Dutch goot (“gutter”), Middle Low German gote (“ditch”). More at gote.

Etymology 2

Popularised by the television series Red Dwarf. Possibly a shortening of goitre (i.e. a pain in the neck), or from git.

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