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pit | prat |

In lang=en terms the difference between pit and prat

is that pit is 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 while prat is the female genitals.

As nouns the difference between pit and prat

is that pit is a hole in the ground while prat is a cunning or mischievous trick; a prank, a joke.

As a verb pit

is to make pits in.

As an adjective prat is

cunning, astute.

pit

English

(wikipedia pit)

Etymology 1

From (etyl), from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hole in the ground.
  • (motor racing) An area at a motor 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.
  • A mine.
  • (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.
  • (trading) A trading pit.
  • Something particularly unpleasant.
  • The bottom part of.
  • (colloquial) Armpit, oxter.
  • (aviation) A luggage hold.
  • (countable) A small surface hole or depression, a fossa.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits' around two microns across. Such '''pits''' are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these ' pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].}}
  • The indented mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
  • The grave, or underworld.
  • * Milton
    • Back to the infernal pit I drag thee chained.
  • * Bible, Job xxxiii. 18
    • He keepeth back his soul from the pit .
  • An enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
  • * John Locke
    • as fiercely as two gamecocks in the pit
  • 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.
  • Part of a casino which typically holds tables for blackjack, craps, roulette, and other games.
    • Derived terms
    * armpit * money pit * pit-eye * pit stop

    Verb

    (pitt)
  • To make pits in.
    • Exposure to acid rain pitted the metal.
  • To put (a dog) into a pit for fighting.
  • To bring (something) into opposition with something else.
    • Are you ready to pit your wits against one of the world's greatest puzzles?
  • * 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
    • For the 75 years since a district rebellion was put down, The Games have existed as an assertion of the Capital’s power, a winner-take-all contest that touts heroism and sacrifice—participants are called “tributes”— while pitting the districts against each other.
  • (motor racing) To return to the pits during a race for refuelling, tyre changes, repairs etc.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) . Compare (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A seed inside a fruit; a stone or pip inside a fruit.
  • A shell in a drupe containing a seed.

    • Verb

    (pitt)
  • To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
    • One must pit a peach to make it ready for a pie.

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    prat

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pratt

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) prat, from (etyl) . Related to (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
    • Related terms
    * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Cunning, astute.

    • Etymology 2

    Origin unknown. Perhaps a specialised note of Etymology 1 (see above).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A buttock, or the buttocks; a person's bottom.
  • *Thomas Dekker , 1608 , The Canters Dictionarie'' in ''The Belman of London'' (second part ''Lanthorne and Candlelight )
  • *:Pratt , a Buttock.
  • *1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 5:
  • *:Mungo didn't like their attitude. Nor did he like exposing his prat in mixed company.
  • (UK, slang) A fool.
  • (slang) The female genitals.
  • *1967 (sourced to 1942), William A. Schwartz, The Limerick: 1700 Examples with Notes, Variants and Examples Vol 1, Greenleaf Classics 1967, p. 124:
  • *:"She's a far better piece
    Than the Viceroy's niece,
    Who has also more fur on her prat."
  • *1984 John Murray, ed, Panurge , Vol 1–3, p. 39:
  • *:"...they would kidnap a girl and take her back to their camp where they would pull down her knickers, hoping to find hairs on her prat."
  • *2005 Sherrie Seibert Goff, The Arms of Quirinus , iUniverse 2005, p. 135:
  • *:"My prat was sore from the unfamiliar activities of the night before, but my virgin bleeding had ceased, and we rode most of the day in that unworldly haze that comes with lack of sleep."
    • Synonyms
    * See also * See also
    Derived terms
    * pratfall * prat about * prattery (rare) * prattish (rare)

    Anagrams

    * part * rapt * tarp * trap

    References

    * pratt'', in Sex-Lexis.com by Farlex. ----