pittie

P3I1T1T1I1E1

noun

A pit bull terrier.

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Meanings

pittie1

verb
  1. obsoleteObsolete spelling of pity.
nounpittie (countable and uncountable, plural pitties)

plural pitties

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of pity.

pittie2

nounpittie (countable and uncountable, plural pitties)

plural pitties

  1. countableendearinginformaluncountableA pit bull terrier.

    I was used to slammed doors, rumbling buses, shouting, snarling pitties, police sirens, […]

    2012, Marta Acosta, Dark Companion, page 33
    2 more examples

    Maybe he'd want a signal from me that he should rush to the carrier and retrieve a pittie on his own— a small one, alive, our new class pet.

    2014, Ellen Cooney, The Mountaintop School for Dogs and Other Second Chances, page 247

    Lori and I rescued a pittie from a local rescue organization and our lives have never been the same.

    2015 August, Sara Ernest, “Love in Rescue”, in Quorum, page 6

    Synonyms: pibble, pit, pit bull, shitbull, velvet hippo

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA pit bull terrier.

Origin

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

From pit (“pit bull terrier”) + -ie.

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Chicago

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