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Definition of zit in English: zitnoun zɪtzɪt informal A spot on the skin. 〈非正式〉小脓疱;丘疹 Example sentencesExamples - My skin is pretty much clear but for this one zit.
- I found that immediately after starting this practice, my occasional chin-area zit and ingrown neck hairs almost completely stopped happening.
- Along the way Kevin matured from skateboarding kid to adolescence, experiencing everything from first dates to first kisses, by way of a broken voice and zits.
- Typical teen problems like zits had not touched his flawless pale skin.
- One unwashed individual came out with a rash of zits.
- Any younger and they're popping zits, not dreaming of being politicians.
- In between Grade 8 and Grade 9 I grew a bit, had a haircut, and my zits went away.
- I look at the photo of me at sixteen with dyed black hair and a zit on my chin and think, ‘why did they let me out in public?’
- Where were the black rimmed glasses, the transparently white skin, the insufferable rash of zits that should be covering his face?
- His honesty, feyness and his ability to laugh at himself, (such as when he discovers a zit on his nose during the interview), contributes to his charm.
- This only compounded matters and meant that even more zits began to creep all over her face.
- That expensive moisturiser has given me three heinous zits on my chin!
- The holiday season kicks into full gear this week and I've just noticed that there is what clearly looks like the beginnings of a huge red zit on my nose.
- It turns out that he had this big zit on his forehead and he didn't want to be on TV where everyone would see this huge zit.
- His face had so many zits on it that it looked like his skin tone was actually pink and white.
- I hate zits, especially the one inside my eyelid.
- Frequently covered in zits, freckles and pockmarks, his character's faces are detailed in their expressiveness without being overly polished.
- You eventually regret the day when you finally get up close to one of your idols and see that they have scars and zits and they scowl and curse at the roadies.
- Unfortunately, there is much myth surrounding the causation of the zits.
- We had no money, no fashion to speak of, no make-up, and zits.
Synonyms pimple, pustule, blemish, blackhead, boil, swelling, eruption, wen, sty
Derivativesadjective informal His skin isn't all explosively zitty like so many boys our age. Example sentencesExamples - I guess I fancied her a bit back in the 1980s (I was a zitty teen), but now she looks like someone's embarrassing mother.
- I'm this zitty 13 year old with B.O., an insufferable know-it-all attitude (and massive insecurity right underneath) and greasy hair.
- Didn't that zitty little singer just break his leg or something?
- Nine hours of sitting and staring at zitty adolescents scribbling away can drive you mad.
Origin1960s: of unknown origin; apparently originally teenagers' slang in North American English. Rhymesacquit, admit, backlit, bedsit, befit, bit, Brit, Britt, chit, commit, demit, dit, emit, fit, flit, frit, git, grit, hit, intermit, it, kit, knit, legit, lickety-split, lit, manumit, mishit, mitt, nit, omit, outsit, outwit, permit, pit, Pitt, pretermit, quit, remit, retrofit, sit, skit, slit, snit, spit, split, sprit, squit, submit, transmit, twit, whit, wit, writ Definition of zit in US English: zitnounzitzɪt informal A pimple on the skin. 〈非正式〉小脓疱;丘疹 Example sentencesExamples - The holiday season kicks into full gear this week and I've just noticed that there is what clearly looks like the beginnings of a huge red zit on my nose.
- We had no money, no fashion to speak of, no make-up, and zits.
- In between Grade 8 and Grade 9 I grew a bit, had a haircut, and my zits went away.
- Unfortunately, there is much myth surrounding the causation of the zits.
- Frequently covered in zits, freckles and pockmarks, his character's faces are detailed in their expressiveness without being overly polished.
- Typical teen problems like zits had not touched his flawless pale skin.
- I look at the photo of me at sixteen with dyed black hair and a zit on my chin and think, ‘why did they let me out in public?’
- You eventually regret the day when you finally get up close to one of your idols and see that they have scars and zits and they scowl and curse at the roadies.
- This only compounded matters and meant that even more zits began to creep all over her face.
- Along the way Kevin matured from skateboarding kid to adolescence, experiencing everything from first dates to first kisses, by way of a broken voice and zits.
- His honesty, feyness and his ability to laugh at himself, (such as when he discovers a zit on his nose during the interview), contributes to his charm.
- I hate zits, especially the one inside my eyelid.
- Where were the black rimmed glasses, the transparently white skin, the insufferable rash of zits that should be covering his face?
- Any younger and they're popping zits, not dreaming of being politicians.
- My skin is pretty much clear but for this one zit.
- It turns out that he had this big zit on his forehead and he didn't want to be on TV where everyone would see this huge zit.
- His face had so many zits on it that it looked like his skin tone was actually pink and white.
- That expensive moisturiser has given me three heinous zits on my chin!
- I found that immediately after starting this practice, my occasional chin-area zit and ingrown neck hairs almost completely stopped happening.
- One unwashed individual came out with a rash of zits.
Synonyms pimple, pustule, blemish, blackhead, boil, swelling, eruption, wen, sty
Origin1960s: of unknown origin; apparently originally teenagers' slang in North American English. |