(architecture) A depressed section of flooring within a larger room, having built-in seating and sometimes a central table.

(law enforcement, automotive) A technique in which a pursuing car bumps the rear fender of a pursued car, causing it to spin out, in order to terminate a car chase.

(slang, sometimes derogatory) A female groupie who pursues racing drivers.

plural of pit lizard

A trap consisting of a pit lined with punjis.

plural of PIT maneuver

(idiomatic) A possession or financial commitment, especially a building or vehicle, that creates substantial ongoing expenses, especially one whose costs are considered to be unsustainable.

(sometimes capitalized) Long-standing nickname of a complicated, seemingly man-made excavation on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada, rumored to contain pirate treasure and which has been repeatedly and unsuccessfully probed at great expense.

(intransitive, car racing) To leave the pits and go out onto the race track / (intransitive, of a machine) To stop working / (intransitive) To show sweat on one's clothes, especially around the armpits.

(slang) A drive-in theatre or other unlit or dimly-lit secluded public or private location, with particular reference to it as a place of intimacy.