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noun
Slang.
a pimple; skin blemish.
Origin:
1960–65;
origin uncertain
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zit
(zɪt)
—
n
slang
a pimple
[of unknown origin]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
zit
"acne pimple," 1966, originally U.S. teenager slang, of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
zit
(zĭt)
n.
A pimple.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
zit definition
[zɪt]
n.
a pimple. :
Don't squeeze your zits on my mirror!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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