goit
See also: go it
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English gote (“channel, stream”), from Old English *gotu (“channel, gutter, drain”), from Proto-Germanic *gutō (“gutter, drain”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- (“to pour”). Cognate with Scots gote, goit, goate (“trench, ditch, watercourse”), Dutch goot (“gutter”), Middle Low German gote (“ditch”). More at gote.
Noun
editgoit (plural goits)
- (UK, Yorkshire and Lancashire) A small artificial channel carrying water. Usually used with respect to channels built to feed mills.
- We use watter as goes daan t'goit yonder for t'grinnelstuns.
Etymology 2
editPopularised by the television series Red Dwarf. Possibly a shortening of goitre (i.e. a pain in the neck), or from git.
Noun
editgoit (plural goits)
- (informal, derogatory) A fool.
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