pitting

4 ENTRIES FOUND:

pitting

noun

Definition of PITTING

1
: an arrangement of pits
2
: the action or process of forming pits
3
: the bringing of gamecocks together to fight

Examples of PITTING

  1. The car's paint showed some pitting from flying gravel.
  2. Her face had some minor pitting from the chicken pox.

First Known Use of PITTING

1665

Rhymes with PITTING

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