pitter

P3I1T1T1E1R1

noun

A device that removes pits from fruit such as olives or cherries.

OriginEnglish pit ← Middle English pit ← Old English pytt →
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Meanings

pitter1

nounpitter (plural pitters)

plural pitters

  1. A device that removes pits from fruit such as olives or cherries.

pitter2

verbpitter (third-person singular simple present pitters, present participle pittering, simple past and past participle pittered)

present singular third person pitters · participle present pittering · participle past pittered · past pittered

  1. To make a pattering sound.

Pitter3

proper nounPitter (plural Pitters)

plural Pitters

  1. A surname.

Origin

pitter · noun

  1. Proto-West Germanic*puti
  2. Old Englishpytt
  3. Middle Englishpit
  4. Englishpit
  5. Englishpitter

From pit + -er.

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pitter · verb

See pitter-patter.

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Translations

French dénoyauteur
  • dénoyauteurDevice
German Entsteiner
  • EntsteinerDevice
Spanish descarozador
  • descarozadorDevice
Swedish urkärnare
  • urkärnareDevice

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Pretti
Cite this entry
APA

pitter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pitter

MLA

“pitter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pitter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pitter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pitter.

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