Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Canada, US, slang)Pimple

    Pickel, Pustel

    пры́щprýšč

More definitions
  • a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne

Translations

4 languages
Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

Uncertain origin, first attested as 1960s North American English teenagers' slang. Compare

Uncertain origin, first attested as 1960s North American English teenagers' slang. Compare English chit (“pimple, wart”), German Zitze (“teat, nipple”).

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Forms

plural: zits
Singularzit
Pluralzits

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
ackerakker
Close in meaning
  • a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne:pimplehickey

Word family

10 related words

See also

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