(archaeology) A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement.
(aviation) A luggage hold.
(colloquial) Armpit.
(countable) A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.
(gambling) Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.
(hospital slang) The emergency department.
(in the plural, with the, slang) Only used in the pits.
(informal) A pit bull terrier.
(informal) An undesirable location, especially an unclean one.
(military) The core of an implosion nuclear weapon, consisting of the fissile material and any neutron reflector or tamper bonded to it.
(motor racing) An area at a racetrack used for refueling and repairing the vehicles during a race.
(music) A section of the marching band containing mallet percussion instruments and other large percussion instruments too large to march, such as the tam tam. Also, the area on the sidelines where these instruments are placed.
(slang) A mosh pit.
(trading) A trading pit.
A hole in the ground.
A mine.
A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.
A shell in a drupe containing a seed.
An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
Formerly, that part of a theatre, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theatre.
The bottom part of something.
The grave, underworld or Hell.
The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
verb
(intransitive, motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.
(transitive) To bring (something) into opposition with something else.
(transitive) To make pits in; to mark with little hollows.
(transitive) To put (an animal) into a pit for fighting.
(transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
pti
tip
tip
noun
(African-American Vernacular) A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
(African-American Vernacular) A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.
(Australia) A prediction or bet about the outcome of something.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand) Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, by extension) A recycling centre.
(chiefly in the plural) A small piece of meat.
(colloquial) A very untidy place.
(music) The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
(now rare) A light blow or tap.
(skittles, obsolete) The knocking over of a skittle.
A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation.
A piece of advice.
A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.
A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.
An act of tipping up or tilting.
Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”)
The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips
The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
verb
(Australia) To predict or bet on something having a particular outcome.
(US, transitive) To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
(ergative) (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.
(ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.
(now rare) To hit quickly and lightly; to tap.
(thieves′ slang) To give, pass.
(transitive) To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.
(transitive) To dump (refuse).
(transitive) To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
(transitive, slang, dated) To drink.
To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.
To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
tpi
tpi
noun
(computing) Initialism of tracks per inch — a measure of disk capacity
(cycling) Initialism of threads per inch — a measure of the density of threads in screwable parts (e.g. bottom brackets).
(tradecraft) Initialism of teeth per inch — a measure used on saw blades
