Meanings
plural zits
- CanadaUSslangPimple
I can't help thinking how little good all that working out did him. I think the only thing he ever got out of it was more zits.
1968, J. Lawrence Hagen, “Pinball 1959”, in Generation, volumes 20-21, page 1821 more example
Brad: Sara, did you take my Clearasil again? Sara: I ran out of brown (paint). Brad: Great. How am I supposed to cover up my zits?
1987 Adventures in Babysitting, 00:06:35
Synonyms & antonyms
nounPimple
More synonyms by meaning
nouna small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Uncertain origin, first attested as 1960s North American English teenagers' slang. Compare English chit (“pimple, wart”), German Zitze (“teat, nipple”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian пъпка, петно по кожата
- пъпка (păpka)pimple
- петно по кожата (petno po kožata)pimple
Esperanto akno, aknero
- aknopimple
- akneropimple
Finnish näppylä, finni
- näppyläpimple
- finnipimple
German Pickel, Pustel
- Pickelpimple
- Pustelpimple
Greek μπιμπίκι
- μπιμπίκι (bimpíki)pimple
Hungarian pattanás, ragya
- pattanáspimple
- ragyapimple
Latvian pumpa
- pumpapimple
Portuguese espinha
- espinhapimple
Russian пры́щ
- пры́щ (prýšč)pimple
Spanish granujo, grano
- granujopimple
- granopimple
- barritopimple
- barrillopimple
- barropimple
- comedón cerradopimple
- comedón blancopimple
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with zit
Cite this entry
zit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zit
“zit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zit. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zit.
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