American English, of unknown origin,[1][2] perhapsonomatopoeic.[3]
snit (pluralsnits)
- (slang) Atemper; a badmood.
- Synonym:snit fit
- Near-synonyms:fit,hissy,hissy fit,shit fit,tantrum,snippiness
He's in asnit because he got passed over for promotion.
2010 October 25, James Fallows, “Why NPR Matters (Long)”, inThe Atlantic[1]:First, I think that the NPR leadership made a mistake in appearing to fire Williams in asnit, rather than not renewing his contract, at the next opportunity, because of longstanding differences in journalistic values.
2013, Florida Ann Town,On the Rim, page84:She was confused. Now that he had worked himself into asnit he'd be angry if she unmade the bed and did what he wanted.
- (slang, derogatory)Term of abuse.
2010, Michael Aye,Seahorse, page82:I want some hot coffee now or so help me I'll throw you out on your arse, you littlesnit.
Likely related toProto-Germanic*snidaz, i.e. aa little,a bit. Also perhaps from obsoleteGermanSchnitt which is a small amount of beer served in a larger glass.
snit (pluralsnits)
- A U.S. unit of volume for liquor equal to 2jiggers, 3 U.S.fluid ounces, or 88.7milliliters.
- (US, dialect) Abeerchaser commonly served in three-ounce servings in highball or juice glasses with a Bloody Mary cocktail in the upper midwest states of United States including Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Michigan, and Illinois.
The bartender served us each asnit with our Bloody Marys this morning.
FromGermanSchnitte(“slice”).
snit (pluralsnits)
- (especially dialectal, e.g. West Virginia, Lunenburg, chiefly in theplural) Aslice of dried fruit.
1898,Herald and Presbyter, page38:Scenes of plenty, bliss Arcad'n' Sparkling eyes and rosy features; Joyous, blessed, happy creatures! Applesnits and pumpkin slices; Eggs and butter bring good prices! Gran'ries full and runnin' Over; Bulging haymows sweet with clover; ...
1947,The Mennonite Community, volumes1-3, page13:For instance, a recipe for pear butter calls for 6 “buckets” of pearsnits, 5 “buckets” of water and 40 lbs. of sugar.
2011, Faye Porter,At My Grandmother's Knee: Recipes and Memories Handed Down By Women of the South, Thomas Nelson,→ISBN, page79:Nora Virginia Wolfe Houldershell (Moorefield, West Virginia), and how she dried fruit[…] "They called the dried apple peels 'applesnits' and hung them on the tree at Christmas along with popcorn, cranberries, and other edibles. Grandma Wolfe made watermelon wine from the flesh and juice, pickles from the rind, and planted [them]."
2013, Montague Whitsel,The Fires of Yule: A Keltelven Guide for Celebrating the Winter Solstice, AuthorHouse,→ISBN, page98:We like to dip applesnits in hot cocoa and imagine the Stag of Yule coming to the windows of our house, even though we are three blocks from the woods! Apples are among the favorite foods of deer,[…]
2017, Robin Propst Kile,Hidden in the Mountains: Fort Seybert 1758, LifeRich Publishing,→ISBN:One year, he brought them a bag of dried applesnits. The tangy dried fruits were quite a treat. The pieces of apple were tasty, but the best part of all was that Mother had made a delicious applesnit pie from some of them!
- Dialect Notes,1917, page338: “snits, n. pl. [From German schneiden, schnitt.] Pieces of fruit quartered and dried. "You can make pies of apple snits." Kan.”
2012, H.L. Mencken,American Language Supplement 2, Knopf,→ISBN:The dialect of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, which was settled by Germans in the Eighteenth Century, has been studied[…]apple-snits (Ger.schnitte);lapish, insipid (Ger.láppisch);klotsy, heavy or soggy (Ger.klotzig); to fress, to eat greedily;[…]shimmel, a very blond person (Ger.schimmel, a white mould), andFassnakday, Shroove Tuesday (Ger.Fastnacht).
- Inst.,NIST,NTIS,TINs,Tsin,inst,inst.,ints,isn't,nits,tins
FromOld High Germansnita, fromProto-Germanic*snidaz(“cut, slice, piece”).
snit f
- (Luserna)cut,slice,piece
- Bar böllatn asnit turt un an kafè. ―We would like apiece of cake and a coffee.
- IPA(key): (before 13th CE)/ˈs̠niːt/
snīt
- second-personsingularpresentimperative ofsnīden
