plural of pit-a-pat

(business, finance) An area on a trading floor that is a focus for trading certain items, often specially furnished with equipment or taking the shape of a small amphitheatre.

A wooden beam used as a support within a mineshaft or tunnel.

A play area for children consisting of a pit filled with colourful plastic balls.

plural of pit viper

(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.

(Tyneside, derogatory) A term of abuse directed at inhabitants of mining villages of County Durham and Northumberland. / (Tyneside) Someone who speaks pitmatic.

(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.

(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.