Zit

//ˈzɪt// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Pimple Canada, US, slang

    "I can't help thinking how little good all that working out did him. I think the only thing he ever got out of it was more zits."

  2. 2
    a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne wordnet

Synonyms

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ackerackerakkerhickeypimplepimple

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"I can't help thinking how little good all that working out did him. I think the only thing he ever got out of it was more zits."

Etymology

Uncertain origin, first attested as 1960s North American English teenagers' slang. Compare English chit (“pimple, wart”), German Zitze (“teat, nipple”).

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