Meanings
goit1
plural goits
- UKYorkshire and LancashireA small artificial channel carrying water. Usually used with respect to channels built to feed mills.
We use watter as goes daan t'goit yonder for t'grinnelstuns.
goit2
Origin
goit · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-“to pour”
- Proto-Germanic*gutō“gutter, drain”
- Old English*gotu“channel, gutter, drain”
- Middle Englishgote“channel, stream”
- Englishgoit
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.
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Full word history & related roots →goit · noun
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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goit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goit
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