pit

/pɪt/ noun [C]

Definition

HOLE › a large hole which has been dug in the ground

SEED US (UK stone) › a large, hard seed that grows inside some types of fruit and vegetables

COAL (also US pit mine) › a place where coal is dug out from under the ground: Thousands of jobs were lost as more pits closed.

the pits › UK (US the pit) the place where racing cars stop to be repaired or filled with fuel during a race

be the pits informal › to be very bad: Our hotel was the absolute pits.

(Definition of pit noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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