noun
- A vigorous blow.
- usage: "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head"
- An uproarious party.
Bash and Pit
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (v.t.&i.) To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.
- (v.t.) To strike heavily; to beat; to crush.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
noun
- A sizeable hole (usually in the ground. )
- usage: "they dug a pit to bury the body"
- synonyms: cavity
- A concavity in a surface (especially an anatomical depression.
- synonyms: fossa
- The hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives. that contains the seed)
- usage: "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"
- Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment. ( "Hurl'd headlong... To bottomless perdition, there to dwell- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions-Dr. Johnson
- synonyms: Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region
- An enclosure in which animals are made to fight.
- Commodity exchange. ( the part of the floor of a commodity exchange where trading in a particular commodity is carried on)
- Auto racing. ( an area at the side of a racetrack where the race cars are serviced and refueled)
- A trap in the form of a concealed hole.
- synonyms: pitfall
- A surface excavation for extracting stone or slate.
- usage: "a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'"
- Lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers.
- synonyms: orchestra pit
- A workplace consisting of a coal mine plus all the buildings and equipment connected with it.
- synonyms: colliery
verb
- Set into opposition or rivalry.
- usage: "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"
- Mark with a scar.
- usage: "The skin disease scarred his face permanently"
- Remove the pits from.
- usage: "pit plums and cherries"
- synonyms: stone
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- A cellar or excavation used for refuge from a cyclone or tornado.
- (n.) A depression or thin spot in the wall of a duct.
- (n.) A covered deep hole for entrapping wild beasts; a pitfall; hence, a trap; a snare. Also used figuratively.
- (n.) The shaft of a coal mine; a coal pit.
- (n.) The indentation or mark left by a pustule, as in smallpox.
- (n.) A large cavity or hole in the ground, either natural or artificial; a cavity in the surface of a body; an indentation.
- (n.) Formerly, that part of a theater, on the floor of the house, below the level of the stage and behind the orchestra; now, in England, commonly the part behind the stalls; in the United States, the parquet; also, the occupants of such a part of a theater.
- (v.t.) To mark with little hollows, as by various pustules; as, a face pitted by smallpox.
- (v.t.) To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another.
- (n.) An inclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight or where dogs are trained to kill rats.
- (n.) The endocarp of a drupe, and its contained seed or seeds; a stone; as, a peach pit; a cherry pit, etc.
- (n.) The hollow place under the shoulder or arm; the axilla or armpit.
- (n.) A large hole in the ground from which material is dug or quarried; as, a stone pit; a gravel pit; or in which material is made by burning; as, a lime pit; a charcoal pit.
- (n.) A depression or hollow in the surface of the human body.
- (n.) See Pit of the stomach (below).
- (n.) A vat sunk in the ground; as, a tan pit.
- (n.) Any abyss; especially, the grave or hades.
- (v.t.) To place or put into a pit or hole.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Pit is the area on a trading floor where futures and options are traded. Often there are multiple pits on a trading floor, each dedicated to a specific contract.